And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.
The jailer consecrated his whole household to the Lord at once, God worked a grace in him that united his family in faith together. See how faith transforms a man: moments before, despair drove him toward suicide; now, fear cast off, he brings them home and tends their wounds. There is no boldness like the boldness of a man who has cast all his cares into God's bosom.
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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
His faith worked by love; he washed their wounds, covered in blood and festering, and baptized them all by immersion straightway. The instance proves nothing for infant baptism, his household heard the word, believed, and rejoiced as he did, which cannot be said of infants in their beds.
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