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!SURPRISING SALVATIONS!
THE PHILIPPIAN JAILER

ACTS 24
HOW THE JAILER’S SUDDEN
SALVATION WAS SURPRISING:

1. THE JAILER THOUGHT HIS LIFE WAS OVER—He was about to kill himself, rather than face the brutal consequences for allowing his prisoners to escape.

2. IT WAS DARK, AND HE WAS IN THE DARK—They had not escaped, after all!

3. WHAT A RELIEF! HE WAS THANKFUL, BUT TO WHOM?—Paul and Silas showed him.

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LOUIS TESTELIN
"The Flogging of Paul and Silas"

2
"Paul and Silas Are Whipped in Philippi"

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WILLIAM HATHERELL
"Paul and Silas in Prison"

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MICHAEL VÁCLAV HALBAX
"St Paul and Silas in Prison"

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EVELYN STUART HARDY
"Paul and Silas Joyful in Prison"

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"Paul and Silas in Prison"

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JOSEPH KENNY MEADOWS
"Paul and Silas in Prison"

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RICHARD HOOK
"Paul & Silas Praise God in Jail"

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PHILIP GALLE
"The Jailer about to Kill Himself,
Converted by Saint Paul"

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Detail

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WILLIAM HENRY MARGETSON
"Paul and Silas in Prison"

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CHARLES HENRY NIEHAUS
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MORTIER
"Paul & Silas in Prison"

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WASHINGTON ALLSTON
"Paul and Silas in Prison"

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"Paul and Silas with the Jailer"

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[No name given]

Inspiring!

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That’s what the jailer said.

[SisterK]

#21 is sweet in a NC Wyeth sort of way.

[SisterK]

Paul is not just telling us to be joyful under persecution- he lived it!

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Did he ever—and he felt compelled to leave us a detailed record of it.