Acts 16:30 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Acts 16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.

Acts 16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

Acts 16:30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Acts 16:32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saved", "brought", "said", "sirs", and "must". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saved" and "brought", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "Then he called for a light and..." into verse 31's "And they said Believe on the Lord...", so "saved" and "brought" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saved" and "brought" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.