29. The jailer told someone to bring a light. Then he ran inside. Shaking with fear, he fell down before Paul and Silas.
30. Then he brought them outside and said, “Men, what must I do to be saved?”
31. They said to him, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved—you and all the people in your house.”
32. So Paul and Silas told the message of the Lord to the jailer and all the people in his house.
33. At that hour of the night the jailer took Paul and Silas and washed their wounds. Then he and all his people were baptized immediately.
34. After this the jailer took Paul and Silas home and gave them food. He and his family were very happy because they now believed in God.
35. The next morning, the Roman officers sent the police to tell the jailer, “Let these men go free!”
36. The jailer said to Paul, “The officers have sent an order to let you go free. You can leave now. Go in peace.”
37. But Paul said to the police, “They beat us in public without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens. And they threw us in jail. Now they want to make us go away quietly. No! Let them come themselves and bring us out!”
38. The police told the Roman officers what Paul said. When the officers heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid.
39. So they came and told Paul and Silas they were sorry. They took Paul and Silas out of jail and asked them to leave the city.