Acts 16:30 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Acts 16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”

Acts 16:29 He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

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

Acts 16:31 They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Acts 16:32 They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "He called for lights sprang in fell..." into verse 31's "They said Believe in the Lord Jesus...", so "saved" and "brought" 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 "brought" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.