Acts 16:30 (LSB)

Passage

and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Nearby Context

Acts 16:28 But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”

Acts 16:29 And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,

Acts 16:30 and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Acts 16:31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your house.”

Acts 16:32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his household.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "And he called for lights and rushed..." into verse 31's "And they said Believe in the Lord...", so "saved" and "after" 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 "after" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.