And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Was baptized, being first told what he was to believe, and do. (Witham)
Hence Catholics draw a very plausible argument for the baptism of infants, as it is very probable there were some infants in the family. See Estius, in different location.
washed them and was washed: those he washed from their stripes, himself was washed from his sins: he fed and was fed. And rejoiced, it says: although there was nothing but words only and good hopes: having believed in God with all his house
He washed them, and was himself baptized, he and his house. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.
