Acts 16:31
16:31 They replied, 1 “Believe 2 in the Lord Jesus 3 and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Acts 28:24
28:24 Some were convinced 4 by what he said, 5 but others refused 6 to believe.
1 tn Grk “said.”
2 sn Here the summary term of response is a call to believe. In this context it refers to trusting the sovereign God’s power to deliver, which events had just pictured for the jailer.
3 tc The majority of mss add Χριστόν (Criston, “Christ”) here (C D E Ψ 1739 Ï sy sa), but the best and earliest witnesses read simply τὸν κύριον ᾿Ιησοῦν (ton kurion Ihsoun, “the Lord Jesus”; Ì74vid א A B 33 81 pc bo). The addition of “Christ” to “Lord Jesus” is an obviously motivated reading. Thus on both external and internal grounds, the shorter reading is strongly preferred.
4 tn Or “persuaded.”
5 tn Grk “by the things spoken.”
6 sn Some were convinced…but others refused to believe. Once again the gospel caused division among Jews, as in earlier chapters of Acts (13:46; 18:6).