Acts 16:33 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.

English Standard Version
And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.

New American Standard Bible
And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.

King James Bible
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized.

International Standard Version
At that hour of the night, he took them and washed their wounds. Then he and his entire family were baptized immediately.

American Standard Version
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he, taking them the same hour of the night, washed their stripes, and himself was baptized, and all his house immediately.

Darby Bible Translation
And he took them the same hour of the night and washed them from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway.

Young's Literal Translation
and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe them from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

16:25-34 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 aloud to make the jailer hear, and to make him heed, saying, Do thyself no harm. All the cautions of the word of God against sin, and all appearances of it, and approaches to it, have this tendency. Man, woman, do not ruin thyself; hurt not thyself, and then none else can hurt thee; do not sin, for nothing but that can hurt thee. Even as to the body, we are cautioned against the sins which do harm to that. Converting grace changes people's language of and to good people and good ministers. How serious the jailer's inquiry! His salvation becomes his great concern; that lies nearest his heart, which before was furthest from his thoughts. It is his own precious soul that he is concerned about. Those who are thoroughly convinced of sin, and truly concerned about their salvation, will give themselves up to Christ. Here is the sum of the whole gospel, the covenant of grace in a few words; Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. The Lord so blessed the word, that the jailer was at once softened and humbled. He treated them with kindness and compassion, and, professing faith in Christ, was baptized in that name, with his family. The Spirit of grace worked such a strong faith in them, as did away further doubt; and Paul and Silas knew by the Spirit, that a work of God was wrought in them. When sinners are thus converted, they will love and honour those whom they before despised and hated, and will seek to lessen the suffering they before desired to increase. When the fruits of faith begin to appear, terrors will be followed by confidence and joy in God.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

33. And he took them—the word implies change of place.

the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes—in the well or fountain which was within or near the precincts of the prison [Howson]. The mention of "the same hour of the night" seems to imply that they had to go forth into the open air, which, unseasonable as the hour was, they did. These bleeding wounds had never been thought of by the indifferent jailer. But now, when his whole heart was opened to his spiritual benefactors, he cannot rest until he has done all in his power for their bodily relief.

and was baptized, he and all his, straightway—probably at the same fountain, since it took place "straightway"; the one washing on his part being immediately succeeded by the other on theirs.