Acts 16:34 (GNV)

Passage

And when he had brought them into his house, he set meate before them, and reioyced that he with all his houshold beleeued in God.

Nearby Context

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.

Acts 16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meate before them, and reioyced that he with all his houshold beleeued in God.

Acts 16:35 And when it was day, the gouernours sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.

Acts 16:36 Then the keeper of the prison tolde these woordes vnto Paul, saying, The gouerness haue sent to loose you: nowe therefore get you hence, and goe in peace.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "brought", "house", "meate", "before", "reioyced", "houshold", and "beleeued". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "brought" and "house", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 33's "Afterwarde he tooke them the same houre..." into verse 35's "And when it was day the gouernours...", so "brought" and "house" 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 "brought" and "house" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.