And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
Right then and there in the middle of the night, he cleaned up their wounds and took care of them. Then he and his entire family got baptized immediately, like, they couldn't wait another second.
Sometimes God moves so powerfully that you can't help but respond right away, even at 2am.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Acts, Paul and Silas were preaching the gospel in Philippi when they were arrested, beaten, and thrown into prison for casting out a demon from a slave girl, which disrupted her owners' profits. That night, a miraculous earthquake opened the prison doors, leading the jailer to despair and contemplate suicide until Paul assured him no one had escaped. Moved by their message of salvation, the jailer immediately cared for their wounds and sought baptism for himself and his household as a sign of his newfound faith.
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