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32-34 The jailer brings them to his home, and they have a long conversation with the man and his family. Paul and Silas explain the message of Jesus to them all. The man washes their wounds and feeds them, then they baptize[a] the man and his family. The night ends with Paul and Silas in the jailer’s home, sharing a meal together, the whole family rejoicing that they have come to faith in God.

35 At dawn the city officials send the police to the jailer’s home with a command: “Let those men go free.”

Jailer: 36 The city officials have ordered me to release you, so you may go now in peace.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:32-34 Literally, immerse, in a rite of initiation and purification

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