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 shouted as loudly as he could, “Don’t hurt yourself! We’re all here!” 29The jailer asked for torches and rushed into the jail. He was trembling as he knelt in front of Paul and Silas. Then he took Paul and Silas outside and asked, “Sirs, what do I have to do to be saved?” 31They answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will be saved.” 32They spoke the Lord’s word to the jailer and everyone in his home.

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 16:24So the jailer followed these orders and put Paul and Silas into solitary confinement with their feet in leg irons.
• Job 34:32Teach me what I cannot see. If I’ve done wrong, I won’t do it again.’
• Isaiah 1:16“Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil.
• Isaiah 58:6This is the kind of fasting I have chosen: Loosen the chains of wickedness, untie the straps of the yoke, let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke.
• Matthew 3:8Do those things that prove you have turned to God and have changed the way you think and act.
• Matthew 5:7Blessed are those who show mercy. They will be treated mercifully.
• James 2:13No mercy will be shown to those who show no mercy to others. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Acts 14:15and said, “Men, what are you doing? We’re human beings like you. We’re spreading the Good News to you to turn you away from these worthless gods to the living God. The living God made the sky, the land, the sea, and everything in them.
• Acts 16:17She used to follow Paul and shout, “These men are servants of the Most High God. They’re telling you how you can be saved.”
• Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were deeply upset. They asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”
• Acts 9:6Get up! Go into the city, and you’ll be told what you should do.”
• Acts 22:10“Then I asked, ‘What do you want me to do, Lord?’ “The Lord told me, ‘Get up! Go into the city of Damascus, and you’ll be told everything I’ve arranged for you to do.’
• Job 25:4How can a person be righteous to God? How can anyone born of a woman be pure?
• Luke 3:10The crowds asked him, “What should we do?”
• John 6:27Don’t work for food that spoils. Instead, work for the food that lasts into eternal life. This is the food the Son of Man will give you. After all, the Father has placed 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