ACTS 16:33 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.”
The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God — the jailer's hospitality (paralambanō eis oikon autou, receive into his house) and table fellowship reverse the prison dynamic. His joy (chara) and faith (pisteuō epi theon) mark the transformation effected by the gospel's power.
Church Fathers on 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 He washed them, and was himself baptized, he and his house. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go. (v. 34, 35.) It is likely the magistrates had learned what had happened, and did not…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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