Acts 16:30 (DRB)

Passage

And bringing them out, he said: Masters, what must I do, that I may be saved?

Nearby Context

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

Acts 16:29 Then calling for a light, he went in: and trembling, fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas.

Acts 16:30 And bringing them out, he said: Masters, what must I do, that I may be saved?

Acts 16:31 But they said: believe in the Lord Jesus: and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

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

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "Then calling for a light he went..." into verse 31's "But they said believe in the Lord...", so "saved" and "bringing" 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 "bringing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.