Acts 16:33 (DBY)

Passage

And he took them the same hour of the night and washed [them] from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway.

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 spoke to him the word of the Lord, with all that were in his house.

Acts 16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed [them] from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway.

Acts 16:34 And having brought them into his house he laid the table [for them], and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.

Acts 16:35 And when it was day, the praetors sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stripes", "took", "same", "hour", "night", "washed", "baptised", and "straightway". 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 spoke to him the word..." into verse 34's "And having brought them into his house...", 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.