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In Acts 16:30-31, Paul and Silas are praying and singing hymns as the other prisoners listen. Suddenly there is an earthquake that shakes all the doors open and releases the fetters that they were wearing. But to the jailer’s surprise, none of the prisoners tries to escape. He is so impressed with these Christians that he asks what he must do to be saved.
St. Paul responds: “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your whole household.” So Paul and the others speak the word of the Lord to them. Then the jailer takes them the same hour hour of the night and washes their wounds. Acts 16:33 tells us “he was baptized at once, with all his family.”
So it was with faith AND sacrament that he became a Christian. The whole family was baptized; so we see possibility of infant baptism here as well. It’s always best to check the Scripture before and after a particular passage of interest. Context is so important.