Acts 16:30

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Then he brought them outside and asked,“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

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  • Acts 2:37 : 37 The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”
  • Acts 22:10 : 10 So I asked,‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me,‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.’
  • Acts 16:17 : 17 She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,“These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”
  • Luke 3:10 : 10 So the crowds were asking him,“What then should we do?”
  • John 6:27-29 : 27 Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life– the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.” 28 So then they said to him,“What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?” 29 Jesus replied,“This is the deed God requires– to believe in the one whom he sent.”
  • Acts 9:6 : 6 But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”
  • Acts 14:15 : 15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
  • Job 25:4 : 4 How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
  • Job 34:32 : 32 Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’
  • Isa 1:16-17 : 16 Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning! 17 Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!
  • Isa 58:6 : 6 No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.
  • Isa 58:9 : 9 Then you will call out, and the LORD will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply,‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.
  • Matt 3:8 : 8 Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,
  • Matt 5:7 : 7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
  • Acts 16:24 : 24 Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

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  • Acts 16:22-29
    8 verses
    85%

    22The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

    23After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.

    24Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

    25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.

    26Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose.

    27When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.

    28But Paul called out loudly,“Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”

    29Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

  • Acts 16:31-40
    10 verses
    83%

    31They replied,“Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

    32Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.

    33At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.

    34The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household.

    35At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying,“Release those men.”

    36The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying,“The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace.”

    37But Paul said to the police officers,“They had us beaten in public without a proper trial– even though we are Roman citizens– and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!”

    38The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens

    39and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.

    40When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then departed.

  • Acts 16:15-20
    6 verses
    77%

    15After she and her household were baptized, she urged us,“If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded us.

    16Paul and Silas Are Thrown Into Prison Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.

    17She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,“These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”

    18She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit,“I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out of her at once.

    19But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

    20When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

  • Acts 11:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying,‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,

    14who will speak a message to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’

  • Acts 9:6
    75%

    6But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”

  • Acts 2:37
    73%

    37The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”

  • Acts 15:11
    72%

    11On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are.”

  • Acts 27:31
    70%

    31Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers,“Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

  • Acts 14:15
    70%

    15“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

  • Acts 19:3
    70%

    3So Paul said,“Into what then were you baptized?”“Into John’s baptism,” they replied.

  • Acts 13:26
    70%

    26Brothers, descendants of Abraham’s family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

  • Acts 23:18
    69%

    18So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said,“The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”

  • Luke 18:41
    69%

    41“What do you want me to do for you?” He replied,“Lord, let me see again.”

  • Acts 5:19
    69%

    19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,

  • Acts 16:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9A vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there urging him,“Come over to Macedonia and help us!”

    10After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

  • Acts 22:10
    69%

    10So I asked,‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me,‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.’

  • Acts 2:40
    69%

    40With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying,“Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”

  • Mark 16:16
    69%

    16The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.

  • Acts 22:16
    69%

    16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

  • Acts 2:21
    69%

    21And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

  • Acts 19:5
    69%

    5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

  • Rom 10:13
    68%

    13For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

  • Acts 8:24
    68%

    24But Simon replied,“You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.”

  • Acts 14:27
    68%

    27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

  • Acts 14:10
    68%

    10he said with a loud voice,“Stand upright on your feet.” And the man leaped up and began walking.

  • Acts 17:19
    68%

    19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

  • Acts 26:15
    68%

    15So I said,‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord replied,‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.