Acts 16:30
New International Version
He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

New Living Translation
Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

English Standard Version
Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Berean Standard Bible
Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Berean Literal Bible
And having brought them out, he was saying, "Sirs, what is necessary of me to do, that I may be saved?"

King James Bible
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

New King James Version
And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

New American Standard Bible
and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

NASB 1995
and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

NASB 1977
and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Legacy Standard Bible
and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Amplified Bible
and after he brought them out [of the inner prison], he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Christian Standard Bible
He escorted them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then he escorted them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

American Standard Version
and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he brought them outside and he said to them, “Sirs, what must I do so that I may live?”

Contemporary English Version
After he had led them out of the jail, he asked, "What must I do to be saved?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And bringing them out, he said: Masters, what must I do, that I may be saved?

English Revised Version
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then he took Paul and Silas outside and asked, "Sirs, what do I have to do to be saved?"

Good News Translation
Then he led them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

International Standard Version
he took them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

Literal Standard Version
and having brought them forth, said, “Lords, what must I do that I may be saved?”

Majority Standard Bible
Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

New American Bible
Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

NET Bible
Then he brought them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

New Revised Standard Version
Then he brought them outside and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

New Heart English Bible
and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

Webster's Bible Translation
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

Weymouth New Testament
and, bringing them out of the prison, he exclaimed, "O sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

World English Bible
brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Young's Literal Translation
and having brought them forth, said, 'Sirs, what must I do -- that I may be saved?'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Conversion of the Jailer
29Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”…

Cross References
Acts 2:37
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

Acts 22:10
Then I asked, 'What should I do, Lord?' 'Get up and go into Damascus,' He told me. 'There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.'


Treasury of Scripture

And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

brought.

Acts 16:24
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

Job 34:32
That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

Isaiah 1:16,17
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; …

Sirs.

Acts 14:15
And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

what.

Acts 16:17
The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

Acts 2:37
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

Acts 9:6
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

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Acts 16
1. Paul and Silas are Joined by Timothy,
7. and being called by the Spirit from one country to another,
14. convert Lydia,
16. and cast out a spirit of divination;
19. for which cause they are whipped and imprisoned.
25. The prison doors are opened.
31. The jailor is converted,
35. and they are delivered.














(30) Sirs, what must I do to be saved?--The use of "Sirs" differs from that of Acts 7:26 in having a Greek word, expressive of respect (that used in John 20:15), corresponding to it. We ask what the gaoler meant by the question. Was he thinking of temporal safety from the earthquake, or from punishment; or had there come upon him, in that suicidal agony, the sense of an inward misery and shame, a "horror of great darkness" from which he sought deliverance? The latter seems every way most probable. It must be remembered that the very circumstances which had brought St. Paul to the prison had pointed him out as "proclaiming the way of salvation" (Acts 16:17). The witness of the demoniac girl was thus not altogether fruitless.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he brought
προαγαγὼν (proagagōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4254: From pro and ago; to lead forward; intransitively, to precede (participle, previous).

them
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

out
ἔξω (exō)
Adverb
Strong's 1854: Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively.

[and] asked,
ἔφη (ephē)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5346: To say, declare. Properly, the same as the base of phos and phaino; to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. Speak or say.

“Sirs,
Κύριοι (Kyrioi)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

what
τί (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

must
δεῖ (dei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1163: Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary.

I
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

do
ποιεῖν (poiein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

be saved?”
σωθῶ (sōthō)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 4982: To save, heal, preserve, rescue. From a primary sos; to save, i.e. Deliver or protect.


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