Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Acts 16:30 ESV Must I do– How do you read this question? If you’re like most Western believers, you will read this as a personal need for salvation. You will identify with the trauma of the jailer, and think of this question as if you were…
and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Acts 16:30 NASB Saved – “Religions may be classified as those of self-satisfaction, of self-annihilation or of fellowship. In the first worship is a quest for satisfaction of personal needs like salvation or desire for immortality. In the second…
and having brought them forth, said, “Sirs, what must I do — that I may be saved?” Acts 16:30 Young’s Literal Translation Saved – How do you know you’re saved? If you realize that the Hebraic/Jewish world of the apostolic writings does not adopt the Platonic separation of the material (earth) and the spiritual (heaven)…
and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Acts 16:30 NASB Saved – Virtually every evangelical believer knows this passage. The Roman jailer is ready to kill himself because an earthquake has opened the prison doors and he assumes that all the prisoners have escaped. But Paul…
“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Acts 16:30 Do – “The ordinary believer is not necessarily someone who has made a major decision, but rather someone who continues the tradition of his ancestors, perhaps by merely drifting or wandering about. . . . The moral argument against such a person is that he…
And leading them outside, he said, “Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?” Acts 16:30 Must – As I look back on some things written, I find this: “A growing sense of aloneness accompanies nearly every moment of my day. My social connections to comrades and friends offer peripheral distraction, but do…
and brought them out and said, “Men, what must I do to be saved?” Acts 16:30 To Be Saved – How would you answer the jailer’s question? Would you provide him with a typical, evangelistic sentence? Would you hand him a copy of the Four Spiritual Laws or invite him to come to church? Maybe…
“and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Acts 16:30 Must – It’s worth repeating. Dei, the Greek word for the necessary character of God’s will, is a pivotal word for living. The jailer knew it. “What is necessary for me?” is his cry. Put aside all…
