Acts 16:33
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
Acts 16:33 in other translations
| BSB | At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized. |
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| WEB | He took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household. |
| ASV | And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately. |
| YLT | 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, |
| DARBY | And he took them the same hour of the night and washed them from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway. |
| BBE | And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away. |
| Webster | And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, without delay. |
What does Acts 16:33 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 16:31-34
31-34. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--The brevity, simplicity, and directness of this reply are, in the circumstances, singularly beautiful. Enough at that moment to have his faith directed simply to the Saviour, with the assurance that this would bring to his soul the needed and sought salvation--the how being a matter for after teaching. thou shalt be saved, and thy house--(See on Lu…
Barnes' Notes
And washed their stripes. The wounds which had been inflicted by the severe scourging which they had received the night before. We have here a remarkable instance of the effect of religion in producing humanity and tenderness. This same man, a few hours before, had thrust them into the inner prison, and made them fast in the stocks. He evidently had then no concern about their stripes or their wounds. But no sooner was he converted, and his heart changed, than one of his first acts was an act of humanity. He saw them suffering; he pitied them, and hastened to minister to them, and to heal their wounds. Till the time of Christianity there never had been an hospital or an almshouse. Nearly all the hospitals for the sick since have been reared by Christians. They who are most ready to minister to the sick and dying are Christians. They who are willing to encounter the pestilential damps of dungeons to aid the prisoner, are, like Howard, Christians. Who ever saw an infidel attending a dying bed, if he could help it? and where has infidelity ever reared a hospital or an almshouse, or made provision for the widow and the fatherless? Often one of the most striking changes that occurs in conversion is seen in the disposition to be kind and humane to the suffering. Comp. Jas 1:27.
And was baptized. This was done straightway; that is, immediately. As it is altogether improbable that either in his house or in the prison there would be water sufficient for immersing them, there is every reason to suppose that this was performed in some other mode. All the circumstances lead us to suppose that it was not by immersion. It was at the dead of night, in a prison, amidst much agitation, and evidently performed in haste.
(*) "straightway" "immediately"
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 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…
Acts 16:33 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 16:33
- 1 Corinthians 1:16
And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
- Acts 16:15
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
- Luke 10:33-34
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
- Acts 16:25
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
- Galatians 5:13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
- Matthew 25:35-40
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? …
- Galatians 5:6
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
- Luke 19:9
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
- Isaiah 11:6-9
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
- Acts 16:23
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
- Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
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Context
- Acts 16:32
And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
- Acts 16:33
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
- Acts 16:34
And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
Acts 16:33 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tomándolos en aquella misma hora de la noche, les lavó los azotes; y se bautizó luego él, y todos los suyos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il les prit en cette même heure de la nuit, et lava leurs plaies; et sur-le-champ il fut baptisé, lui et tous les siens. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er nahm sie in jener Stunde der Nacht zu sich und wusch ihnen die Striemen ab; und er wurde getauft, er und alle die Seinigen alsbald. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et tollens eos in illa hora noctis, lavit plagas eorum: et baptizatus est ipse, et omnis domus ejus continuo. |