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Acts 16:33

Acts 16:33
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes ; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And he took them the same hour of the night,.... After they had done preaching to him, and to his family:

and washed…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

And he took them - To a convenient place for washing. It is evident from this that, though the apostles had the gift of…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

Washed their stripes - Ελουσεν απο των πληγων, He washed from the stripes: i.e. he washed the blood from the wounds; and…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Acts 16:25-34

We have here the designs of the persecutors of Paul and Silas baffled and broken.

I. The persecutors designed to…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

the same hour of the night It was midnight, see Act 16:25. But a new day, a birthday, had already begun for him and it…