Acts 16:34 - Exposition

He brought them up … and set for when he had brought them … he set, A.V.; rejoiced greatly for rejoiced, A.V. ( ἀγαλλιάομαι , a stronger word than χαίρειν , Matthew 5:12 ; 1 Peter 1:6 ); with all his house, having believed in God for believing in God with all his house, A.V. The word πανοικί . rendered "with all his house," occurs only here in the New Testament. But it is used by the LXX . in Exodus 1:1 and elsewhere, and by Josephus, etc. The more classical form is πανοικεσίᾳ or πανοικησίᾳ . The A.V. gives the meaning better than the R.V. The faith and the joy were both common to the jailor and his house.