And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? (Acts 16:30 KJV)
and brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30 WEB)
and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? (Acts 16:30 ASV)
British Family Bible
Sirs, what must I do to be saved? It is probable that he concluded at once their doctrine to be Divine, both from the extraordinary earthquake, and from their not taking advantage of the doors being open to make their escape. Bp. Pearce. Abp. Newcome. Happy are those sinners, whom God in merciful severity awakens by some present terror, judgment, or calamity, to consider the bad state of their souls, and to think seriously of another world, when nothing else would have had any good effect upon them. Such a call to repentance shakes off their thoughtless security, and compels their stupid and dissipated minds to reflect upon their dangerous condition. But far more happy are they who, without such alarms, and in a state of prosperity, are awakened by the stiller voice of reason, by the suggestions of their own conscience, and by the secret influence of the Holy Spirit, to examine their conduct to amend whatsoever is defective in it, and to have a religious fear of the displeasure of God. Dr. Jortin.
The question which the trembling and astonished jailor put to Paul and Silas, when he saw the prison doors opened in a miraculous manner, is a question of the utmost moment and importance, in which it nearly concerns us all to be well resolved. For, if there be a life beyond the present, and we do not die like beasts that perish; if death do not put a final period to our existence; but, when this short life is ended, we enter upon the regions of eternity, and shall be for ever happy or miserable, according as we demean ourselves in this short time of trial and probation; if this be the condition of mankind, (as the voice of reason, the dictates of conscience, and the Holy Scriptures, do loudly proclaim it is,) how does it behove every one of us to enquire what we must do to attain everlasting life; and to consider whether we are in the way that leads to heaven and immortality; or if we have been so unhappy as to wander out of it, how we may recover and return to it again. Melmoth.