<p>16:32 <em>And they spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all that were in his household</em>- The &quot;household&quot; would have included children, slaves and distant relatives. The man was wealthy. &quot;The word of the Lord&quot; was the message of the Lord Jesus; the kind of material eventually transcribed and published as the Gospels of the Lord Jesus. Paul clearly had in mind that his &quot;household&quot; could respond; for he commands the jailer that if <em>he</em> believed, then he <em>and</em> his household could be saved. This makes us wonder whether this man and his household had been known to Paul previously. Or it could be that Paul perceived that because of the faith of one individual, a whole family could be saved- although they too had to respond to the Gospel. Hence he preached it to them.</p>