Note 5 at Acts 16:32: The Lord had performed a miracle for this jailer that was to him, greater than seeing the eyes of the blind opened or the lame walk. This jailer's life had been supernaturally spared. This same jailer that just hours before had disdained Paul and Silas as common criminals and had no doubt treated them roughly in casting them into the dungeon and fasting them in the stocks, now was kneeling at their feet.

This miracle was responsible for penetrating this man's hardened heart and getting his attention, however, it was the Word of the Lord that brought salvation to this man (see note 2 at Mk. 16:20, p. 565). The Lord will use many things to reach us but we can only be born-again by receiving the faith that comes by hearing the Word of God (Rom. 10:17; 1 Pet. 1:23; see note 2 at Lk. 8:11, p. 192).