Acts 16:29
 Acts 16:29 
New International Version (©2011)
The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then the jailer called for lights, rushed in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The jailer asked for torches and rushed inside. Trembling as he knelt in front of Paul and Silas,

NET Bible (©2006)
Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And he lit a lamp and he leaped and entered, trembling, and he fell before the feet of Paulus and of Shila,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The jailer asked for torches and rushed into the jail. He was trembling as he knelt in front of Paul and Silas.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

American King James Version
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

American Standard Version
And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then calling for a light, he went in, and trembling, fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas.

Darby Bible Translation
And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas.

English Revised Version
And he called for lights, and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas;

Weymouth New Testament
Then, calling for lights, he sprang in and fell trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas;

World English Bible
He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

Young's Literal Translation
And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then he called for a light,.... Or "lights"; he ordered his servants to bring in some candles; the Syriac version renders it, "he lighted a light for himself"; and the Ethiopic version, "he brought a light": whilst he was under the influence of Satan, and going about a work of darkness, namely, to destroy himself, he was in no concern for a light; but when he was delivered from the temptation and snare, he calls for light:

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Vincent's Word Studies

A light (φῶτα)

Rev., more correctly, lights. Several lamps, in order to search everywhere.

Sprang in

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then he called for a light - Greek: lights, in the plural. Probably several torches were brought by his attendants.

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Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

He called for a light - That he might see how things stood, and whether the words of Paul were true; for on this his personal safety depended.

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Geneva Study Bible

Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,


People's New Testament

16:29 Called for a light. Lights in the Revised Version. All was darkness.

Fell down before Paul and Silas. Awed, believing that they were under Divine protection.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

29, 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.


Acts 16:29 Parallel Commentaries
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The Conversion of the Jailer
28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do yourself no harm: for we are all here. 29Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? …

Acts 16:19 When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.
Acts 16:28 But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! We are all here!"