Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
Parallel translations
- WEB brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- KJV And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
- NKJV And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- NASB and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- NLT Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
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He brought them out and asked, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?'
Overview
His question reaches beyond escaping legal trouble to the deeper need of his soul. It is the central question of Acts and of every awakened sinner. The events of that night, under God's hand, had pressed the jailer to seek the salvation that only Christ can give.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- John 6:27–29Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
- Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
- Acts 22:10Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
- Luke 3:10The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”
- Jas 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
- Isa 58:9Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
- Matt 3:8Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
- Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
- Acts 9:6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- Acts 16:17This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
- Acts 16:24On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
- Isa 58:6Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
- Job 34:32Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
- Isa 1:16–17Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
- Matt 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
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Acts is the risen Christ continuing his work by the Spirit through the church, as the apostles preach that there is salvation in no other name under heaven.
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