Acts 16:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

And he took them, х anagagoon (G321)]; the word implies removal to another place:

The same hour of the night, and washed their stripes - `in the well (says Howson) or fountain, which was within or near the precincts of the prison.' The mention of "the same hour of the night" seems to imply that they had to go forth into the open air, and that unseasonable as the hour was, they did so. These bleeding wounds had never been thought of by the indifferent jailor. But now, when his whole heart was opened to his spiritual benefactors, he cannot rest until be 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.

Acts 16:33

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