Acts 16:33

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and immediately he and all his family were baptized.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ παραλαβὼν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ τῆς νυκτὸς, ἔλουσεν ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν· καὶ ἐβαπτίσθη, αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ αὐτοῦ πάντες, παραχρῆμα.

Transliteration

And paralabōn them in that the hōra of the nyktos, elousen from the plēgōn; and ebaptisthē, himself and those of him all, parachrēma.

Grammar Details

• *paralabōn*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having taken
• *hōra*: dative, feminine, singular - hour
• *nyktos*: genitive, feminine, singular - night
• *elousen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - washed
• *plēgōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - wounds/stripes
• *ebaptisthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular - was baptized
• *parachrēma*: adverb - immediately

Word Meanings

• *paralabōn*: having taken/having brought/having received
• *hōra*: hour/time/moment
• *elousen*: washed/cleansed/bathed
• *plēgōn*: wounds/stripes/blows
• *ebaptisthē*: was baptized/was immersed
• *parachrēma*: immediately/instantly/at once

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. Then he and all his household were baptized immediately.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he took them {G1722} the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he toke them the same houre of the nyght and wasshed their woundes and was baptised with all that belonged vnto him strayght waye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he toke them to him in the same houre of the night, and wasshed their strypes. And immediatly was he baptysed, and all his.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Afterwarde he tooke them the same houre of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized with all that belonged vnto him, straigthway.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he toke them the same houre of the nyght, and wasshed their woundes, and was baptized hym selfe, & all they of his householde strayghtway.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed [their] stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe `them' from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 16:25 : 25 At midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
• 1 Cor 1:16 : 16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other.
• Acts 16:15 : 15 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay. And she persuaded us.
• Acts 16:23 : 23 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision matters nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
• Gal 5:13 : 13 For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
• Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
• Isa 11:6-9 : 6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat; the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall graze; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child shall play near the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the viper's den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
• Matt 25:35-40 : 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in. 36 I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me. 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? 39 Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you? 40 And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.
• Luke 10:33-34 : 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34 And went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
• Luke 19:9 : 9 And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.