Acts 16:33 (ASV)

Passage

And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.

Nearby Context

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

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

Acts 16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.

Acts 16:34 And he brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his house, having believed in God.

Acts 16:35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stripes", "took", "same", "hour", "night", "washed", "baptized", and "immediately". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stripes" and "took", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "And they spake the word of the..." into verse 34's "And he brought them up into his...", so "stripes" and "took" 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 "stripes" and "took" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.