<p>16:30 <i>A</i><i>nd brought them out and said:</i> <em>Sirs, what must I do to be saved?</em>- He doesn't ask for baptism, suggesting he was unaware of the need for it. This was a highly emotional situation; anyone at the very point of suicide is in a very unstable position. Many today would have told the man to calm down and consider the issue of baptism once things were a bit calmer in his life, urging him not to take such a decision on the cusp of emotion and perceived desperation. Let alone to baptize all his family when he himself was taking the decision under such psychological and circumstantial pressure. But the Biblical example here is quite the opposite to how many would judge today. &quot;What must I do?&quot; is a common phrase recorded by Luke. All encounter with the Lord Jesus and His message provokes this sense, that we can no longer be passive, but must <em>do</em> something in response. &quot;Sirs&quot; translates <em>kurios</em>, and maybe we are to perceive that Paul and Silas were manifesting the Lord Jesus to the jailor.</p><p>There is no record of his apology or desire for forgiveness from them for what he had done to them (see on :23). He rightly perceived that the essence of his sin was against God and he needed to be right before Him, knowing that what he had done required judgment, which he now realized he needed to be 'saved' from.</p>