Acts 16:29 (YLT)

Passage

And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,

Nearby Context

Acts 16:27 and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,

Acts 16:28 and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, `Thou mayest not do thyself any harm, for we are all here.'

Acts 16:29 And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,

Acts 16:30 and having brought them forth, said, `Sirs, what must I do--that I may be saved?'

Acts 16:31 and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "having", "asked", "sprang", "trembling", "fell", "down", and "before". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "having", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "and Paul cried out with a loud..." into verse 30's "and having brought them forth said Sirs...", so "light" and "having" 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 "light" and "having" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.