Acts 16:34 (YLT)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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;'

Acts 16:36 and the jailor told these words unto Paul--`The magistrates have sent, that ye may be let go; now, therefore, having gone forth go on in peace;'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "brought", "house", "food", "before", "glad", and "household". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "brought", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 33's "and having taken them in that hour..." into verse 35's "And day having come the magistrates sent...", so "having" 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 "having" and "brought" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.