Acts 16:33 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Acts 16:34 He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.

Acts 16:35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stripes", "took", "same", "hour", "night", "washed", "immediately", and "baptized". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stripes" and "took", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "They spoke the word of the Lord..." into verse 34's "He brought them up into his house...", so "stripes" and "took" 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 "stripes" and "took" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.