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Text -- Acts 16:29-40 (NET)
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16:29 Calling for lights , the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas .
16:30 Then he brought them outside and asked , “Sirs , what must I do to be saved ?”
16:31 They replied , “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved , you and your household .”
16:32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him , along with all those who were in his house .
16:33 At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds ; then he and all his family were baptized right away .
16:34 The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God , together with his entire household .
16:35 At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers , saying , “Release those men .”
16:36 The jailer reported these words to Paul , saying , “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace .”
16:37 But Paul said to the police officers , “They had us beaten in public without a proper trial – even though we are Roman citizens – and they threw us in prison . And now they want to send us away secretly ? Absolutely not ! They themselves must come and escort us out !”
16:38 The police officers reported these words to the magistrates . They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens
16:39 and came and apologized to them . After they brought them out , they asked them repeatedly to leave the city .
16:40 When they came out of the prison , they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers , they encouraged them and then departed .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Philippi |
Silas |
Paul |
MACEDONIA |
PHILIPPIANS, THE EPISTLE TO THE |
LAW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
Criminals |
Readings, Select |
Prisoners |
Minister |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE |
PERSECUTION |
God |
Scourging |
Magistrate |
Conversion |
Jailer |
Converts |
Family |
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NET Notes -> Act 16:29; Act 16:29; Act 16:29; Act 16:30; Act 16:30; Act 16:31; Act 16:31; Act 16:31; Act 16:32; Act 16:32; Act 16:33; Act 16:33; Act 16:33; Act 16:33; Act 16:33; Act 16:33; Act 16:34; Act 16:34; Act 16:34; Act 16:34; Act 16:34; Act 16:35; Act 16:35; Act 16:35; Act 16:36; Act 16:36; Act 16:36; Act 16:37; Act 16:37; Act 16:37; Act 16:37; Act 16:37; Act 16:37; Act 16:37; Act 16:37; Act 16:38; Act 16:38; Act 16:39; Act 16:39; Act 16:39; Act 16:40
NET Notes: Act 16:29 Fell down. The earthquake and the freeing of the prisoners showed that God’s power was present. Such power could only be recognized. The open do...
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NET Notes: Act 16:31 The majority of mss add Χριστόν (Criston, “Christ”) here (C D E Ψ 1739 Ï sy sa), but the best...
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NET Notes: Act 16:32 The word of the Lord is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Gen 15:1, Isa 1:10, Jonah 1:1)...
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NET Notes: Act 16:34 The phrase “together with his entire household” is placed at the end of the English sentence so that it refers to both the rejoicing and t...
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NET Notes: Act 16:35 On the term ῥαβδοῦχος (rJabdouco") see BDAG 902 s.v. The term was used of the Roman lictor and rou...
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NET Notes: Act 16:36 Grk “So coming out now go in peace.” The participle ἐξελθόντες (exelqonte") has be...
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NET Notes: Act 16:37 They themselves must come and escort us out! Paul was asking for the injustice he and Silas suffered to be symbolically righted. It was a way of publi...
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NET Notes: Act 16:38 Roman citizens. This fact was disturbing to the officials because due process was a right for a Roman citizen, well established in Roman law. To flog ...
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NET Notes: Act 16:39 The verb ἐρώτων (erwtwn) has been translated as an iterative imperfect; the English adverb “repeatedly” br...
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