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Acts 16:29

King James Version (KJV)

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Acts 16:29

Verse 29 of 40

Scripture focus

Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

Acts 16:29 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 16:29

Theological / Devotional

For a light. Rather, “for lights,” probably that he might count his prisoners.

Sprang in. Or, “rushed in.”

Came trembling. Literally, “becoming terrified.” The rapid succession of extraordinary events broke his professional hardness and filled him with fear.

Fell down. He may have heard the slave girl’s tribute to their being servants of the most high God (v. 17). He knew, from his instructions (v. 23), that they were unusual prisoners, and now that they had not fled, he probably thought them to be more than mere men.

By SdaBc