Acts Chapter 16 verse 29 Holy Bible
And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,
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And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,
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And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas.
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Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
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He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,
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And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - And he called for lights for then he called for a light, A.V. (φῶτα is the accusative plural, though not a very common form; φῶς is often used in the sense of "a lamp," or, as we say, "a light"); trembling for fear for came trembling and, A.V.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) Then he called for a light.--More accurately, 'for lights. As St. Luke does not use, as in Acts 20:8, the word for "lamps," it is probable that the lights were torches, and that the gaoler, with one in his hand, leapt into the darkness of the subterranean dungeon.
