Trembling for fear (εντρομος γενομενος). "Becoming terrified." The adjective εντρομος (in terror) occurs in N.T. only here and 7:3…

Then he called for a light. Greek, Lights, in the plural. Probably several torches were brought by his attendants.

And…

Then he called for a light.—More accurately, ‘for lights.’ As St. Luke does not use, as in Acts 20:8, the word f…

And fell down before Paul and Silas,

Whom he had handled so roughly just now;

Since it was midnight, the jailer called for torches to dispel the darkness of the prison. Rushing in, he fell trembling before Paul and Silas, dou…

Being astonished, he fell down. This keeper was compelled by fear to show obedience to God, just as much as he was by the miracle that pre…

Then he called for a light
Or "lights"; he ordered his servants to bring in some candles; the Syriac version renders…

The consolations of God to His suffering servants are neither few nor small. How much happier are true Christians than their prosperous enemies! As…