Acts 16:30 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 16:30

28 But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.”

29 Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.

30 And he brought them out and said, ^a“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

31 So they said, ^a“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized.

Verse Comparison: Acts 16:30

American Standard Version
and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

Amplified® Bible
And he brought them out [of the dungeon] and said, Men, what is it necessary for me to do that I may be saved?

Contemporary English Version
After he had led them out of the jail, he asked, "What must I do to be saved?"

Darby English Version
And leading them out said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?

Good News Bible
Then he led them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

International Standard Version
Then he took them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

King James Version
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

New American Standard Bible
and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

New International Version
He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

New King James Version
And he brought them out and said, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?'

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to receive salvation?"

Young's Literal Translation
and having brought them forth, said, `Sirs, what must I do -- that I may be saved?'

New English Translation
Then he brought them outside¹ and asked, “Sirs, what must² I do to be saved?”