King James Version
Acts 16:30 in the King James Version says “And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” — study this verse from Acts chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
Acts 16:30 · KJV
But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“brought”
G4254to lead forward (magisterially); intransitively, to precede (in place or time (participle, previous))
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“Sirs”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“must”
G1163also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
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