31. They said to him, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved—you and all who live in your house.”
32. So Paul and Silas told the message of the Lord to the jailer and all the people who lived in his house.
33. It was late at night, but the jailer took Paul and Silas and washed their wounds. Then the jailer and all his people were baptized.
34. After this the jailer took Paul and Silas home and gave them some food. All the people were very happy because they now believed in God.
35. The next morning the Roman officials sent some soldiers to tell the jailer, “Let these men go free.”
36. The jailer said to Paul, “The officials have sent these soldiers to let you go free. You can leave now. Go in peace.”
37. But Paul said to the soldiers, “Those officials did not prove that we did anything wrong, but they beat us in public and put us in jail. And we are Roman citizens. Now they want us to go away quietly. No, they must come here themselves and lead us out!”