the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Acts 16:33
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It was late at night, but the jailer took Paul and Silas and washed their wounds. Then the jailer and all his people were baptized.
And he toke them the same houre of the nyght and wasshed their woundes and was baptised with all that belonged vnto him strayght waye.
He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately immersed, he and all his household.
At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds. Then he and his entire family were baptized immediately.
And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
At that hour of the night the jailer took Paul and Silas and washed their wounds. Then he and all his people were baptized immediately.
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed [their] stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, without delay.
And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.
He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.
And taking them that very hour of the night, he washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his houshold.
Then he took them, even at that time of night, washed their wounds, and he and all his household were immediately baptized;
And he took hem in the ilke our of the niyt, and waschide her woundis. And he was baptisid, and al his hous anoon.
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.
While it was still night, the jailer took them to a place where he could wash their cuts and bruises. Then he and everyone in his home were baptized.
And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their bloody wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.
And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.
Then, even at that late hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed off their wounds; and without delay, he and all his people were immersed.
And he took them the same hour of the night and washed [them] from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway.
And in the same hour of that night, he took and washed them from their stripes, and was forthwith baptized, and all the sons of his house.
And the same hour of the night, he took and washed them from their stripes; and he was baptized immediately, he and all the members of his house.
And hee tooke them the same houre of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized, hee and all his, straightway.
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.
It was late at night, but the man who watched the prison took Paul and Silas in and washed the places on their bodies where they were hurt. Right then he and his family were baptized.
At the same hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and his entire family were baptized without delay.
Afterwarde he tooke them the same houre of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized with all that belonged vnto him, straigthway.
And he took them at that hour of the night and washed their wounds; and then was baptized in that very hour, he and all his household.
And, taking them with him, in that hour of the night, he bathed them from their stripes, and was immersed, he, and his, one and all, on the spot;
And he, taking them the same hour of the night, washed their stripes: and himself was baptized, and all his house immediately.
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and he was baptized at once, with all his family.
And he toke them the same houre of the nyght, and wasshed their woundes, and was baptized hym selfe, & all they of his householde strayghtway.
At that very hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; and he and all his family were baptized at once.
He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized.
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
And he took them at that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and he himself was baptized at once, and all those of his household.
And taking them in that hour of the night, he washed from their stripes. And he and all those belonging to him were baptized at once.
and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe [them] from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently,
And he toke them to him in the same houre of the night, and wasshed their strypes. And immediatly was he baptysed, and all his.
at the same time of night he washed their stripes, and immediately he was baptized, he, and all that belong'd to him.
At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.
And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized.
Even though it was the middle of the night, the jailer cleaned up their wounds. Then the jailer and his whole family were baptized.
And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
Contextual Overview
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washed: Acts 16:23, Proverbs 16:7, Isaiah 11:6-9, Matthew 25:35-40, Luke 10:33, Luke 10:34, Galatians 5:6, Galatians 5:13
and was: Acts 16:15, Luke 19:9, 1 Corinthians 1:16
Reciprocal: 2 Corinthians 11:25 - I beaten Hebrews 6:2 - the doctrine
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he took them the same hour of the night,.... After they had done preaching to him, and to his family:
and washed their stripes; which were very many and heavy, and whereby they were covered with blood; and which by this time began to fester, and to produce corrupt matter; and all this in a pool, which Grotius supposes was within the bounds of the prison, he washed off from them: his faith worked by love, and showed itself in fruits of charity and righteousness, and in obedience to Christ, and submission to his ordinance, as follows:
and was baptized, he and all his, straightway; by immersion, that being the only way in which baptism was administered, or can be, so as to be called a baptism: and which might be administered, either in the pool, which Grotius supposes to have been in the prison; or in the river near the city, where the oratory was, Acts 16:13 and it is no unreasonable thought to suppose, that they might go out of the prison thither, and administer the ordinance, and return to the prison again before morning unobserved by any; and after that, enter into the jailer's house and be refreshed, as in the following verse; and as this instance does not at all help the cause of sprinkling, so neither the baptism of infants; for as the jailer's family were baptized as well as he, so they had the word of the Lord spoken to them as well as he, and believed as well as he, and rejoiced as he did; all which cannot be said of infants; and besides, it must be proved that he had infants in his house, and that these were taken out of their beds in the middle of the night, and baptized by Paul, ere the instance can be thought to be of any service to infant baptism.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And he took them - To a convenient place for washing. It is evident from this that, though the apostles had the gift of miracles, they did not exercise it in regard to their own sufferings or to heal their own wounds. They restored others to health, not themselves.
And washed their stripes - The wounds which had been inflicted by the severe scourging which they had received the night before. We have here a remarkable instance of the effect of religion in producing humanity and tenderness. This same man, a few hours before, had thrust them into the inner prison, and made them fast in the stocks. He evidently had then no concern about their stripes or their wounds. But no sooner was he converted than one of his first acts was an act of humanity. He saw them suffering; he pitied them, and hastened to minister to them and to heal their wounds. Until the time of Christianity there never had been a hospital or an almshouse. Nearly all the hospitals for the sick since have been reared by Christians. They who are most ready to minister to the sick and dying are Christians. They who are most willing to encounter the pestilential damps of dungeons to aid the prisoner are, like Howard, Christians. Who ever saw an infidel attending a dying bed if he could help it? and where has infidelity ever reared a hospital or an almshouse, or made provision for the widow and the fatherless? Often one of the most striking changes that occurs in conversion is seen in the disposition to be kind and humane to the suffering. Compare James 1:27.
And was baptized - This was done straightway; that is, immediately. As it is altogether improbable that either in his house or in the prison there would be water sufficient for immersing them, there is every reason to suppose that this was performed in some other mode. All the circumstances lead us to suppose that it was not by immersion. It was at the dead of night; in a prison; amidst much agitation; and was evidently performed in haste.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 33. Washed their stripes — Ελουσεν απο των πληγων, He washed from the stripes: i.e. he washed the blood from the wounds; and this would not require putting them into a pool, or bath, as some have ridiculously imagined.
