Easter Season · Seventh Sunday of Easter · Year C
Acts 16:16-34
Paul and Silas in Philippi
May 28, 2028
Overview & Insights
"Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." (Acts 16:31)
Paul casts a spirit of divination out of an enslaved girl, and her furious owners have Paul and Silas beaten and jailed. At midnight an earthquake springs the prison doors, and the terrified jailer, rather than losing his prisoners, ends up baptized with his whole household before dawn.
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Commentary on Acts 16:16-34 Working Preacher
Luther Seminary scholar reads the slave girl, the earthquake, and the jailer's conversion as one continuous story of liberation.
Acts 16:16-34 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed preaching commentary highlights the free, unearned character of the salvation offered to the jailer.
Enduring Word Commentary, Acts 16 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik works through the exorcism, the beating, the midnight hymn, and the jailer's household baptism.
Acts 16:25 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregated classic commentaries on Paul and Silas praying and singing hymns at midnight in the inner prison.
Acts 16 Commentary Precept Austin
Verse-by-verse evangelical study of the Philippian imprisonment and the jailer's household conversion.
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