Acts 16:31 (GNV)

Passage

And they saide, Beleeue in the Lord Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, and thine houshold.

Nearby Context

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

Acts 16:30 And brought them out, and said, Syrs, what must I doe to be saued?

Acts 16:31 And they saide, Beleeue in the Lord Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, and thine houshold.

Acts 16:32 And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, and to all that were in the house.

Acts 16:33 Afterwarde he tooke them the same houre of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized with all that belonged vnto him, straigthway.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saide", "beleeue", "lord", "iesus", "christ", "thou", "shalt", and "saued". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saide" and "beleeue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "And brought them out and said Syrs..." into verse 32's "And they preached vnto him the worde...", so "saide" and "beleeue" 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 "saide" and "beleeue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.