使徒行传 16:29

Chinese Union (Simplified)

禁 卒 叫 人 拿 灯 来 ， 就 跳 进 去 ， 战 战 兢 兢 的 俯 伏 在 保 罗 、 西 拉 面 前 ；

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
獄吏叫人拿了燈來，就衝進去，戰戰兢兢地俯伏在保羅和西拉面前，

Bible Verse Review
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and came: Acts 9:5, Acts 9:6, Acts 24:25, Psalms 99:1, Psalms 119:120, Isaiah 66:2, Isaiah 66:5, Jeremiah 5:22, Jeremiah 10:10, Daniel 6:26

and fell: Isaiah 60:14, Revelation 3:9

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 5:9 - General Job 37:1 - General Psalms 51:8 - bones Psalms 126:6 - shall doubtless Hosea 13:13 - for he Matthew 27:54 - feared Matthew 28:4 - shake Luke 8:47 - she came Luke 15:17 - when John 16:8 - he will Acts 2:37 - what Acts 15:22 - Silas Romans 8:15 - the spirit 2 Corinthians 7:15 - with Philippians 2:12 - with 1 Thessalonians 1:1 - Silvanus Hebrews 13:3 - them that James 4:7 - Submit

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then he called for a light,.... Or "lights"; he ordered his servants to bring in some candles; the Syriac version renders it, "he lighted a light for himself"; and the Ethiopic version, "he brought a light": whilst he was under the influence of Satan, and going about a work of darkness, namely, to destroy himself, he was in no concern for a light; but when he was delivered from the temptation and snare, he calls for light:

and sprang in; leaped in at once, in all haste, into the inner prison:

and came trembling; not as before, because of the prisoners and their escape; nor merely or so much on account of the earthquake, though the terror of that might not be as yet over; but chiefly through the horror of his conscience, and the dreadful sense he had of himself as a sinner, and of his lost state and condition by nature; the law had entered into his conscience, and had worked wrath there; the Spirit of God had convinced him of his sin and misery, and there was a fearful looking for of fiery indignation in him:

and fell down before Paul and Silas; not in a way of religious adoration, for they would never have admitted that; but in token of civil respect unto them, and of his great veneration for them, as was the manner of the eastern people; the Syriac version renders it, "he fell down at their feet", and so in Velesius's readings; at those feet, which he had before made fast in the stocks: a strange change and sudden alteration this! what is it that almighty power and efficacious grace cannot do?

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then he called for a light - Greek: lights, in the plural. Probably several torches were brought by his attendants.

And came trembling - Alarmed at the earthquake; amazed that the prisoners were still there; confounded at the calmness of Paul and Silas and overwhelmed at the proof of the presence of God. Compare Jeremiah 5:22, “Fear ye not me, saith the Lord? will ye not tremble at my presence? etc.”

And fell down - This was an act of profound reverence. See the notes on Matthew 2:11. It is evident that he regarded them as the favorites of God, and was con strained to recognize them as religious teachers.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. He called for a light — That he might see how things stood, and whether the words of Paul were true; for on this his personal safety depended.

Came trembling — Terrified by the earthquake, and feeling the danger to which his own life was exposed.

Fell down before Paul and Silas — The persons whom a few hours before he, according to his office, treated with so much asperity, if not cruelty, as some have supposed; though, by the way, it does not appear that he exceeded his orders in his treatment of the apostles.