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What does Acts 16:34 mean?

"He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God."

— Acts 16:34 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

31

They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

32

They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.

33

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

34

He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.

35

But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.”

36

The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace.”

37

But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”

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