Acts 16:31-40

The Jailer Converted

31 They said, "¹Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and ²your household."

32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his house.

33 And he took them ³that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.

34 And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with ⁴his whole household.

35 Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, "Release those men."

36 And ⁵the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go ⁶in peace."

37 But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us in public without trial, ⁷men who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out."

38 The policemen reported these words to the chief magistrates. ⁸They were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,

39 and they came and appealed to them, and when they had brought them out, they kept begging them ⁹to leave the city.

40 They went out of the prison and entered the house of ¹⁰Lydia, and when they saw ¹¹the brethren, they encouraged them and departed.

Cross References

• 1. Mark 16:16
• 2. Acts 11:14; Acts 16:15
• 3. Acts 16:25
• 4. Acts 11:14; Acts 16:15
• 5. Acts 16:27
• 6. Acts 15:33
• 7. Acts 22:25-29
• 8. Acts 22:29
• 9. Matthew 8:34
• 10. Acts 16:14
• 11. Acts 1:15; Acts 16:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Two early mss read "God"
• [b]. Lit "a table"
• [c]. Or "greatly with his whole household, having believed in God"
• [d]. Or "exhorted"