A Cruel Jailer Is Converted

The jailer called for lights and hurried into the inner dungeon. What kind of men were these who repaid cruelty with kindness? Kneeling before the apostles, he asked their forgiveness. Then, bringing them out into the open courtyard, he inquired, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”ULe 81.1

Everything else seemed unimportant compared with his desire to have the peace and cheerfulness that the apostles showed under abuse. He saw the light of heaven in their faces, and with renewed force the words of the woman came to his mind: “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” He asked the disciples to show him the way of life.ULe 81.2

“Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household,” the apostles answered. And “they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.” The jailer then washed the wounds of the apostles, and they baptized him, with all his household. The minds of the prison’s inmates were opened to listen to the apostles. The God whom these men served had miraculously released them from their captivity.ULe 81.3