Acts 16:31
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Acts 16:31 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."
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World English Bible Public Domain
They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."
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King James Version Public Domain
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your household.”
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King James Version Public Domain
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And they saide, Beleeue in the Lord Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, and thine houshold.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
But they said: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved -- thou and thy house;'
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
And they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your house.”
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
They said, “Believe in the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
“Trust in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your whole household,” they replied.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and yoʋ will be saved, yoʋ and yoʋr household.”
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
And they sayde: beleve on the Lorde Iesus and thou shalt be saved and thy housholde.
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- Appears 106× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Matthew 1:21
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Tense
- Future
- Voice
- Passive
- Mood
- Indicative
- Person
- 2nd person
- Number
- Singular
Full Thayer's Definition
- οἱ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
- δὲ dé G1161 “but” Conjunction
- εἶπαν légō G3004 “to say” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- πίστευσον pisteúō G4100 “to believe” Verb, Aorist, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Singular
- ἐπὶ epí G1909 “upon” Preposition
- τὸν ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- κύριον kýrios G2962 “Lord” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- Ἰησοῦν Iēsoûs G2424 “Jesus” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- σωθήσῃ sṓzō G4982 “to save” Verb, Future, Passive, Indicative, 2nd person, Singular
- σὺ sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Nominative, Singular
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ὁ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- οἶκός oîkos G3624 “house” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- σου sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Genitive, Singular
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 15
- words
- 11
- distinct lemmas
- Acts
- section
Cross-references
31Topical passages linked to Acts 16:31 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:
- John 3:36 One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."
- Acts 2:38–39 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 10:9–10 that if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Acts 11:13–14 He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, 'Send to Joppa, and get Simon, whose surname is Peter,
- Mark 16:16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
- Galatians 3:26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
- John 11:25–26 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he die, yet will he live.
- Isaiah 45:22 Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
- Genesis 17:7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
- 1 John 5:10–13 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn't believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.
- Acts 18:8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
- Ephesians 2:7–8 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
- John 3:15–16 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- Acts 4:12 There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!"
- Acts 15:11 But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."
- Jeremiah 32:39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
- John 6:40 This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
- John 6:47 Most assuredly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.
- John 7:37–38 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
- Acts 16:32 They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.
- Galatians 3:22 But the Scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
- Genesis 18:19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
- Romans 5:1–2 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
- Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
- John 20:31 but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
- Acts 16:15 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.
- Galatians 3:14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
- Acts 13:38–39 Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,
- Romans 11:16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
- Acts 8:36 As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?"
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Where the printed editions differ
1 variantPlaces in this verse where the major printed Greek editions disagree on the wording in a way that affects the translation — a comparison of editions, not a manuscript-by-manuscript collation. The editions are the modern critical texts (Nestlé-Aland 28/27, SBL, Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Tyndale House) and the traditional texts behind the KJV (the Textus Receptus and the Byzantine/Majority text). It is not a claim about which reading is original.
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Extra text
Χριστόν,
“Christ”
In TRByz Not in NA28NA27TynSBLWHTregΧριστόν, (Christon) 'Christ' is only in traditional manuscripts (TR+Byz)
Textual data: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament (STEPBible TAGNT) · CC BY 4.0.
Lesson kit
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Acts, in the Acts, opens this verse with 15 words (11 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is sṓzō (“to save”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- How does “to save” (sṓzō) shape what this verse is saying?
- John 1:12 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “the” occurs 3× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Reading how Joseph Benson's Commentary and Tyndale Open Study Notes read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 5 words in this verse.
- “the” occurs 3× in this single verse.
- 11 distinct Greek lemmas span 15 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Acts 16:31 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Joseph Benson's Commentary
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale Open Resources
Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer
Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Calvin's Commentaries
John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Scofield Reference Notes
C. I. Scofield
The Scofield Reference Bible (1917 edition), notes by C. I. Scofield — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
McGarvey & Pendleton's Commentaries
J. W. McGarvey
J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Alford’s Greek Testament
Henry Alford
Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.