Acts 16:31 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Acts 16:33 He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saved", "said", "believe", "lord", "jesus", "christ", and "household". 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 "brought them out and said Sirs what..." into verse 32's "They spoke the word of the Lord...", 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.