Acts 16:30
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Cross-reference
In Acts 2:37, the crowd asks the same desperate question after Peter’s sermon — 'what shall we do?' — showing a pattern of repentance-seeking.
In Acts 9:6, Saul asks a similar 'what will you have me to do?' after his conversion — another example of immediate surrender.
In Acts 22:10, Paul recounts his own 'what shall I do?' moment — a direct parallel to the jailer's question.
In Luke 3:10, the people ask John 'what shall we do?' — a parallel inquiry about the right response to God's message.
In John 6:27-29, the crowd asks Jesus about works for eternal life; He replies 'believe' — a parallel to the jailer’s salvation question.
In Matthew 19:16, the rich young ruler asks the same question about eternal life — a direct parallel to the jailer's inquiry.
In Mark 10:17, the rich young ruler asks what he must do to inherit eternal life — practically identical to the jailer's question.
In Mark 16:16, Jesus states that belief and baptism bring salvation — directly answering the jailer's question about what must be done.
In Luke 10:25, a lawyer asks what to do to inherit eternal life — another parallel question about obtaining salvation.
In Luke 18:18, the rich ruler asks Jesus the same salvation question — 'What must I do?' — highlighting a parallel quest for eternal life.
John 3:15 teaches that belief in Christ brings eternal life — the same core answer Paul gives to the jailer in Acts 16:31.
In John 6:28, the crowd asks about works for God — Jesus answers 'believe in the one he sent,' mirroring the jailer's 'what must I do?' and Paul's reply.
In Luke 19:9, salvation comes to Zacchaeus's house — similar to the jailer's household being saved in Acts 16:31-34, showing salvation's reach to households.
In Job 25:4, Bildad asks how a mortal can be righteous — a parallel question about human inability to earn salvation.
In Isaiah 66:2, God looks to the contrite and trembling — the jailer’s trembling and question echo that humble posture.
In Micah 6:6, a similar question is asked about what to bring before God — an OT parallel to the jailer's seeking how to be saved.