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He took (παραλαβὼν)
Strictly, “took them along with (παρά) him:” to some other part of the prison.
Washed their stripes (ἔλουσεν ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν)
Properly, “washed them from (ἀπό) their stripes.” The verb λούειν, expresses the bathing of the entire body (Heb 10:23; Act 9:37; 2Pe 2:22); while νίπτειν commonly means the washing of a part of the body (Mat 6:17; Mar 7:3; Joh 13:5). The jailer bathed them; cleansing them from the blood with which they were besprinkled from the stripes.