Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
The jailer asks with genuine readiness to obey, not mere trembling fear like Pharaoh, who saw wonders yet hardened himself. He was truly humbled, offering himself as a learner to these men whose doctrine he had scorned hours before. This shows no shallow terror, but real conversion wrought by God's power.
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Paul and Silas felt the smart of the rods upon their backs and lay in stocks at midnight with reason to fear the axes next; yet they prayed and sang praises to God. Their persecutors meant to sicken them of the gospel, but found them heartier than ever.
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Commenting on Acts 16:25-34
He addresses them now as lords and masters, reversing the contempt of hours before. Like most under first awakening, he stands on works, thinking he must do something to earn salvation. But he had heard the demoniac cry that they showed the way of salvation, so he eagerly presses them for instruction.
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