John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:34
And when he had brought them into his house ,.... After he and his family had been baptized, either in the pool in the prison, or in the river near the city of Philippi: he set meat before them ; he spread a table for them, with provisions to refresh them after all their fatigue; partly by stripes and imprisonment, partly by the exercises of prayer and praise, and also by the ministration of the word, and the administration of the ordinance of baptism to the jailer and his family: and... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:33
And he took them the same hour of the night ,.... After they had done preaching to him, and to his family: and washed their stripes ; which were very many and heavy, and whereby they were covered with blood; and which by this time began to fester, and to produce corrupt matter; and all this in a pool, which Grotius supposes was within the bounds of the prison, he washed off from them: his faith worked by love, and showed itself in fruits of charity and righteousness, and in obedience to... read more