Lexham English Bible

Acts 16:30-38 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

30. And he brought them outside and said, “Sirs, what must I do so that I can be saved?”

31. And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household!”

32. And they spoke the message of the Lord to him, together with all those in his house.

33. And he took them at that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and he himself was baptized at once, and all those of his household.

34. And he brought them up into his house and set a meal before them, and rejoiced greatly that he had believed in God with his whole household.

35. And when it was day, the chief magistrates sent the police officers, saying, “Release those men.”

36. And the jailer reported these words to Paul: “The chief magistrates have sent an order that you should be released. So come out now and go in peace!”

37. But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without due process—men who are Roman citizens—and threw us into prison, and now they are wanting to release us secretly? Certainly not! Rather let them come themselves and bring us out!”

38. So the police officers reported these words to the chief magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.