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Scripture Text: Acts 16:25 Around midnight, Sha’ul and Sila were praying and singing hymns to God, while the other prisoners listened attentively. 26 Suddenly there was a violent earthquake which shook the prison to its foundations. All the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose. 27 The jailer awoke, and when he saw the doors open he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, for he assumed that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Sha’ul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We’re all here!”
29 Calling for lights, the jailer ran in, began to tremble and fell down in front of Sha’ul and Sila. 30 Then, leading them outside, he said, “Men, what must I do to be saved?” 31 They said, “Trust in the Lord Yeshua, and you will be saved — you and your household!” 32 Whereupon they told him and everyone in his household the message about the Lord.
33 Then, even at that late hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed off their wounds; and without delay, he and all his people were immersed. 34 After that, he brought them up to his house and set food in front of them; and he and his entire household celebrated their having come to trust in God. (Complete Jewish Bible)
John Wesley’s Explanatory Notes
Acts 16:25-34
Verse 25
[25] And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Paul and Silas sung a hymn to God — Notwithstanding weariness, hunger stripes, and blood.
And the prisoners heard — A song to which they were not accustomed.
Verse 28
[28] But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
But Paul cried — As they were all then in the dark, it is not easy to say, how Paul knew of the jailer's purpose; unless it were by some immediate notice from God, which is by no means incredible.
With a loud voice — Through earnestness, and because he was at some distance.
Do thyself no harm — Although the Christian faith opens the prospect into another life, yet it absolutely forbids and effectually prevents a man's discharging himself from this.
Verse 30
[30] And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Sirs — He did not style them so the day before.
What must I do to be saved? — From the guilt I feel and the vengeance I fear? Undoubtedly God then set his sins in array before him, and convinced him in the clearest and strongest manner that the wrath of God abode upon him.
Verse 31
[31] And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Thou shalt be saved and thy household — If ye believe. They did so, and were saved.
Verse 33
[33] And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
He washed their stripes — It should not be forgot, that the apostles had not the power of working miraculous cures when they pleased, either on themselves, or their dearest friends. Nor was it expedient they should, since it would have frustrated many wise designs of God, which were answered by their sufferings.
Verse 34
[34] And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
He set a table before them and rejoiced — Faith makes a man joyful, prudent, liberal.
Daily Devotional
Monday, April 2, 2018
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
[25] And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Paul and Silas sung a hymn to God — Notwithstanding weariness, hunger stripes, and blood.
And the prisoners heard — A song to which they were not accustomed.
Verse 28
[28] But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
But Paul cried — As they were all then in the dark, it is not easy to say, how Paul knew of the jailer's purpose; unless it were by some immediate notice from God, which is by no means incredible.
With a loud voice — Through earnestness, and because he was at some distance.
Do thyself no harm — Although the Christian faith opens the prospect into another life, yet it absolutely forbids and effectually prevents a man's discharging himself from this.
Verse 30
[30] And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Sirs — He did not style them so the day before.
What must I do to be saved? — From the guilt I feel and the vengeance I fear? Undoubtedly God then set his sins in array before him, and convinced him in the clearest and strongest manner that the wrath of God abode upon him.
Verse 31
[31] And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Thou shalt be saved and thy household — If ye believe. They did so, and were saved.
Verse 33
[33] And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
He washed their stripes — It should not be forgot, that the apostles had not the power of working miraculous cures when they pleased, either on themselves, or their dearest friends. Nor was it expedient they should, since it would have frustrated many wise designs of God, which were answered by their sufferings.
Verse 34
[34] And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
He set a table before them and rejoiced — Faith makes a man joyful, prudent, liberal.
Daily Devotional
Monday, April 2, 2018
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
- What memories do you have about your baptism or its reaffirmation (renewal)?
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
- Why do you suppose that baptism uses water?
- What meaning is there?
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
- What makes baptism and communion different?
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
Friday, April 6, 2018
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
- What do you sense in baptism and communion?
- Why?
Friday, April 6, 2018
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
- How do the sacraments (baptism & communion) shape your life?
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
- What can we learn about family from the sacraments?
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Sermon Theme: "Deep & Wide"
Text to read: Acts 16:25-34
- Pray for those who celebrate the sacraments in secret due to persecution.
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