“ And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? ”
And brought them out - From the prison. Sirs - Greek: κύριοι kurioi, lords - an address of respect; a title usually given to masters or owners of slaves. What must I do to be saved? -...
Imprisonment of Paul and Silas. The Prison Broken. The rulers ( Acts 16:19 ) are the heads of police; they are afterwards called Strategi, which answers to the Roman Prœ tores. Philippi was a c...
out . outside. Greek. exo. Sirs . Greek. kurios. Compare App-98. Same as "masters" ( Acts 16:16 ). to be . in order that (Greek. hina) . may be. This man was under deep conviction of sin, "...
− 30. Sirs, what must I do? He doth so ask counsel, that he showeth therewith that he will be obedient. By this we see that he was thoroughly − (219) touched, so that he was ready to do wha...
DISCOURSE: 1787 THE CONVERSION OF THE JAILOR Acts 16:29-31 . Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and said, S...
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? Brought them out - Of the dungeon in which they were confined. What must I do to be saved? - Whether this regard personal or eternal...
Then he called for a light,— As φωτα, lights, is plural, it seems to imply, that, on this alarm, several of his attendants came with torches, and were present at the inquiry which immediately fol...
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And brought them out, and said. How graphic this rapid succession of minute details, evidently from the parties themselves-th...
St. Paul in Europe 1. Timotheus] was probably of Lystra, not Derbe. His mother Eunice was perhaps a widow, and she, together with his grandmother Lois, educated the lad in the religion of Israel,...
Sirs, what must I do to be saved? — The use of “Sirs” differs from that of Acts 7:26 in having a Greek word, expressive of respect (that used in John 20:15 ), corresponding to it. We ask what th...
Chapter 12 ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA. Acts 16:29-31 ; Acts 17:1-2 ; Acts 17:10 TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels. He had passed diagonally right through Asia M...
Salvation in the Jail Acts 16:25-40 Some, as we have seen, are converted by the gentle opening of the heart; others amid the convulsions of the storm. The first knowledge of salvation may have...
Here begins the account of Pads second journey. At Lystra he found Timothy. His action in the circumcision of Timothy is startling in view of the recent decision of the council. Some charge him with...
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. (26) And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and...
THE PHILIPPIAN JAILER ‘What must I do to be saved?’ Acts 16:30 The work at Philippi went on successfully. It commenced at a prayer-meeting. It went on quietly. It seemed as if nothing could...
And brought them out ,.... Of the inner prison, to some part of the prison that was more free and open: and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved ? he treats them with great reverence now, and ad...
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? Ver. 30. What must I do to be saved? ] A reverend divine said once to a poor soul, that told him he was troubled about his salvat...
Then he , &c. The jailer, greatly terrified by the earthquake, and astonished at Paul's discovering his purpose to kill himself; called for a light Greek, φωτα, lights , implying, it seems, t...
Coming to Derbe and Lystra, where he and Barnabas had been persecuted before, Paul was favorably impressed with the young man, Timothy, who had evidently been converted through Paul on his first visi...
Paul and Silas in Prison; Conversion of the Philippian Jailer. 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God:...
Brought them out, into his own apartment in the prison, or to some more open and free place. Sirs; a term of respect given by the Romans and Grecians to such whom they honoured, as now the jailer...
Ministry in Philippi From the House of Lydia (16:12b-40). The arrival in Europe was clearly seen by Luke as very important. He illustrates the successful ministry there by a threefold description...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 16:19 . The rulers, ἄρχοντες, were the town magistrates ( Luke 12:58 ). Acts 16:20 . The magistrates , στρατηγοί, were the two chief civic authorities (dunmviri) in a R...
saved ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ).
Acts 16:29-31 Note: I. What a "manifold wisdom" is the wisdom of God! how infinitely various are His ways in the work of the conversion of souls and the bringing of sinners to Himself! One is nev...
Acts 16:9 . And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. Our dreams often follow the leading thoughts...
Acts 16:1 . Then came he to Lystra, as in Acts 14:6 . In their former labours in that city, Lois a jewess, her daughter Eunice, and Timothy her son, had embraced the faith. Now, they found Timoth...
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling. The Philippian jailer I. The state of his mind before conversion. 1. He was a careless sinner. This appears not so much from hi...
EXPOSITION Acts 16:1 And he came also for then came he, A.V. and T.R.; to Lystra for Lystra, A.V. ; Timothy for Timotheus, A.V. ; of a Jewess for of a certain woman which was...
The conversion of the jailer:
Acts 14:15 ; Acts 16:17 ; Acts 16:24 ; Acts 2:37 ; Acts 22:10 ; Acts 9:6 ; Isaiah 1:16 ; Isaiah 1:17 ; Isaiah 58:6 ; Isaiah 58:9 ; James 2:13 ; Job 25:4 ; Job 34:32 ; John 6:27-29 ; Lu...
Sirs — He did not style them so the day before. What must I do to be saved? — From the guilt I feel and the vengeance I fear? Undoubtedly God then set his sins in array before him, and convinced hi...