Acts 16:31-34 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 16:25-34

We have here the designs of the persecutors of Paul and Silas baffled and broken. I. The persecutors designed to dishearten and discourage the preachers of the gospel, and to make them sick of the cause and weary of their work; but here we find them both hearty and heartened. 1. They were themselves hearty, wonderfully hearty; never were poor prisoners so truly cheerful, nor so far from laying their hard usage to heart. Let us consider what their case was. The praetors among the Romans had... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 16:25-40

16:25-40 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately the doors were opened and everyone's bonds were loosed. When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open he drew his sword and he was going to kill himself, for he thought that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted to him, "Do yourself no harm, for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:31

And they said, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ ,.... Not with a bare historical faith, as only to believe that he was the Son of God, and the Messiah, and that he was come in the flesh, and had suffered, and died, and rose again, and was now in heaven at the right hand of God, and would come again to judge both quick and dead, for there may be such a faith and no salvation; but so as to look unto him alone for life and salvation, to rely upon him, and trust in him; to commit himself, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:32

And they spake unto him the word of the Lord ,.... That is, the Gospel; which comes from the Lord Jesus Christ, as the author of it; and is concerning him, as the subject matter of it, and is what was preached by himself when on earth; this is the word, which is called the word of salvation, the word of reconciliation and peace, the word of life, the word of righteousness, and the word of faith; because it publishes salvation by Christ, peace and reconciliation by his blood, life by his... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:31

Believe on the Lord Jesus - Receive the religion of Christ, which we preach, and let thy household also receive it, and ye shall be all placed in the sure way to final salvation. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:32

And they spake unto him the word of the Lord - Thus, by teaching him and all that were in his house the doctrine of the Lord, they plainly pointed out to them the way of salvation. And it appears that he and his whole family, who were capable of receiving instructions, embraced this doctrine, and showed the sincerity of their faith by immediately receiving baptism. And, by the way, if he and all his were baptized straightway, παραχρημα , immediately, instantly, at that very time, dum ipsa... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:33

Washed their stripes - Ελουσεν απο των πληγων , He washed from the stripes: i.e. he washed the blood from the wounds; and this would not require putting them into a pool, or bath, as some have ridiculously imagined. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:34

He set meat before them - They were sufficiently exhausted, and needed refreshment; nor had the apostles any such inherent miraculous power as could prevent them from suffering through hunger, or enable them to heal their own grounds. As they were the instruments of bringing health to his soul, he became the instrument of health to their bodies. Genuine faith in Christ will always be accompanied with benevolence and humanity, and every fruit that such dispositions can produce. The jailor... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 16:25-34

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 16:25-40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:34

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