Acts 16:33 (YLT)

Passage

and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe <FI>them<Fi> from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently,

Nearby Context

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

Acts 16:32 and they spake to him the word of the Lord, and to all those in his household;

Acts 16:33 and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe <FI>them<Fi> from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently,

Acts 16:34 having brought them also into his house, he set food before <FI>them<Fi> , and was glad with all the household, he having believed in God.

Acts 16:35 And day having come, the magistrates sent the rod-bearers, saying, `Let those men go;'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "taken", "hour", "night", "bathe", "blows", "baptized", and "himself". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "taken", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "and they spake to him the word..." into verse 34's "having brought them also into his house...", so "having" and "taken" 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 "having" and "taken" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.