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Berean Standard Bible

“At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.”

Acts 16:33

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In Philippi, Paul and Silas were beaten and jailed, yet they prayed and sang at midnight until an earthquake opened the prison doors. The jailer, ready to end his life because he thought the prisoners had escaped, was stopped by Paul and then asked how to be saved.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.

World English Bible (WEB)

He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe them from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y tomándolos en aquella misma hora de la noche, les lavó los azotes; y se bautizó luego él, y todos los suyos.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Y en aquella misma hora, el carcelero les lavó las heridas y se bautizó junto con los demás miembros de su familia.

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