Acts 16:30

Acts 16:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
• New International Version (NIV)He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Context of Acts 16:30

28But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Don’t harm yourself, because we’re all here!” 29The jailer called for lights, rushed in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. He escorted them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved — you and your household.” 32And they spoke the word of the Lord to him along with everyone in his house.

Acts 16:30 word by word

καὶ προαγαγὼν αὐτοὺς ἔξω ἔφη· κύριοι, τί με δεῖ ποιεῖν ἵνα σωθῶ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• broughtπροάγωproagō · to go/bring beforeG4254
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• outἔξωexō · out/outside(r)G1854
• and saidφημίphēmi · to assertG5346
• Sirsκύριοςkurios · lord: masterG2962
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• mustδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• to beἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982

Cross-references for Acts 16:30

• Acts 16:24Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
• Job 34:32Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”
• Isaiah 1:16“Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from my sight. Stop doing evil.
• Isaiah 58:6Isn’t this the fast I choose: To break the chains of wickedness, to untie the ropes of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to tear off every yoke?
• Matthew 3:8Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance.
• Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
• James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Acts 14:15“People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.
• Acts 16:17As she followed Paul and us she cried out, “These men, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation, are the servants of the Most High God.”
• Acts 2:37When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”
• Acts 9:6“But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
• Acts 22:10“I said, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ “The Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything that you have been assigned to do.’
• Job 25:4How can a human be justified before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
• Luke 3:10“What then should we do?” the crowds were asking him.
• John 6:27Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him.”

Commentaries on Acts 16:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Brought them out - Of the dungeon in which they were confined. What must I do to be saved? - Whether this regard personal or eternal safety, it is a question the most interesting to man. But it is not likely that the jailor referred here to his personal safety. He had seen, notwithstanding the prison doors had been miraculously opened, and the bonds of the prisoners all loosed, that not one of them had escaped: hence he could not feel himself in danger of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30And brought them out - From the prison. Sirs - Greek: ́ kurioilords - an address of respect; a title usually given to masters or owners of slaves. What must I do to be saved? - Never was a more important question asked than this. It is clear that by the question he did not refer to any danger to which he might be exposed from what had happened. For: (1) The apostles evidently understood him as referring to his eternal salvation, as is manifest from their…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-34Verses 25-34 The consolations of God to his suffering servants are neither few nor small. How much more happy are true Christians than their prosperous enemies! As in the dark, so out of the depths, we may cry unto God. No place, no time is amiss for prayer, if the heart be lifted up to God. No trouble, however grievous, should hinder us from praise. Christianity proves itself to be of God, in that it obliges us to be just to our own lives. Paul cried…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30Paul and Silas impressed the jailer with their cheerful faith, calm attitude during the crisis, and concern for his safety (16:25, 28). Whatever the jailer had understood of Paul's message before the crisis, God inspired him to cry out for help.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3029-30. Then he called for a light, and sprang in ... and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out and said--How graphic this rapid succession of minute details, evidently from the parties themselves, the prisoners and the jailer, who would talk over every feature of the scene once and again, in which the hand of the Lord had been so marvellously seen.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 16:30

• Converts
• Conviction
• Criminals
• Family
• Jailer (Jailor)
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Philippi
• Prisoners
• Readings, Select
• Salvation
• Silas

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Commentaries on Acts 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings