He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
- 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.
- NKJV And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized.
- NASB And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
- NLT Even at that hour of the night, the jailer cared for them and washed their wounds. Then he and everyone in his household were immediately baptized.
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That very hour the jailer washed their wounds and was baptized with all his household.
Overview
His new faith bore immediate fruit in tender care for the men he had abused and in obedient baptism. The one who inflicted wounds now bathes them, a vivid picture of a transformed heart. Baptism marked his and his household's public identification with the Lord Jesus they had come to trust.
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- 1 Cor 1:16(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)
- Acts 16:15When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay.” So she persuaded us.
- Acts 16:25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
- Luke 10:33–34But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
- Gal 5:13For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
- Prov 16:7When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
- Acts 16:23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,
- Luke 19:9Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
- Matt 25:35–40for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.
- Gal 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
- Isa 11:6–9The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.
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