Acts 16:31 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saved", "said", "believe", "lord", "jesus", "thou", "shalt", and "house". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saved" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "And bringing them out he said Masters..." into verse 32's "And they preached the word of the...", so "saved" and "said" 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 "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.