使徒行传 16:31

Chinese Union (Simplified)

他 们 说 ： 当 信 主 耶 稣 ， 你 和 你 一 家 都 必 得 救 。

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
他們說：“當信主耶穌，你和你一家人都必定得救。”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Believe: Acts 2:38, Acts 2:39, Acts 4:12, Acts 8:37, Acts 11:13, Acts 11:14, Acts 13:38, Acts 13:39, Acts 15:11, Isaiah 45:22, Habakkuk 2:4, Mark 16:16, John 1:12, John 3:15, John 3:16, John 3:36, John 6:40, John 6:47, John 7:37, John 7:38, John 11:25, John 11:26, John 20:31, Romans 5:1, Romans 5:2, Romans 10:9, Romans 10:10, Galatians 3:22, Galatians 3:26, Ephesians 2:7, Ephesians 2:8, 1 John 5:10-13

and thy: Acts 16:15, Acts 16:32, Acts 2:39, Acts 18:8, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 18:19, Jeremiah 32:39, Romans 11:16, Galatians 3:14

Reciprocal: Matthew 12:50 - do Mark 10:26 - Who Luke 10:25 - Master Luke 23:42 - Lord John 6:29 - This Acts 2:41 - gladly Acts 8:12 - they believed Acts 16:17 - the way Acts 20:21 - faith Acts 24:24 - the faith Romans 10:8 - the word of faith Galatians 3:27 - as many 2 Timothy 4:2 - in Hebrews 10:39 - but 1 John 3:23 - his commandment

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they said, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,.... Not with a bare historical faith, as only to believe that he was the Son of God, and the Messiah, and that he was come in the flesh, and had suffered, and died, and rose again, and was now in heaven at the right hand of God, and would come again to judge both quick and dead, for there may be such a faith and no salvation; but so as to look unto him alone for life and salvation, to rely upon him, and trust in him; to commit himself, and the care of his immortal soul unto him, and to expect peace, pardon, righteousness, and eternal life from him; the answer is much the same our Lord returned to the Jews, when they asked, though not with the same affection and sincerity as this man, what they must do to work the works of God, John 6:28.

And thou shalt be saved; from sin, and all its miserable effects and consequences; from the curses of the law, from the power of Satan, from the evil of the world, from the wrath of God, hell and damnation: this is to be understood of a spiritual and eternal salvation; for it is said, after that the jailer was inquiring about it, being terrified in his conscience with a sense of sin and wrath; and between believing in Christ, and being saved with an everlasting salvation, there is a strict and inseparable connection, Mark 16:16 though not faith, but Christ is the cause and author of salvation; faith spies salvation in Christ, goes to him for it, receives it from him, and believes unto it:

and thy house; or family, provided they believe in Christ also, as they did, Acts 16:34 or otherwise there can be no salvation, for he that believeth not shall be damned.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ - This was a simple, a plain, and an effectual direction. They did not direct him to use the means of grace, to pray, or to continue to seek for salvation. They did not advise him to delay, or to wait for the mercy of God. They told him to believe at once; to commit his agitated, and guilty, and troubled spirit to the Saviour, with the assurance that he should find peace. They presumed that he would understand what it was to believe, and they commanded him to do the thing. And this was the uniform direction which the early preachers gave to those inquiring the way to life. See the notes on Matthew 16:16. Compare the notes on Acts 8:22.

And thy house - And thy family. That is, the same salvation is equally adapted to, and offered to your family. It does not mean that his family would be saved simply by his believing, but that the offers had reference to them as well as to himself; that they might be saved as well as he. His attention was thus called at once, as every man’s should be, to his family. He was reminded that they needed salvation, and he was presented with the assurance that they might unite with him in the peace and joy of redeeming mercy. Compare the notes on Acts 2:39. It may be implied here that the faith of a father may be expected to be the means of the salvation of his family. It often is so in fact; but the direct meaning is, that salvation was offered to his family as well as himself, implying that if they believed they should also be saved.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus — Receive the religion of Christ, which we preach, and let thy household also receive it, and ye shall be all placed in the sure way to final salvation.