ESV Reformation Study Bible – Acts 16:15
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Acts 16:15

16:15 she was baptized, and her household as well. Throughout redemptive history it has often been God’s practice to save entire family units at the same time (2:38, 39; 11:14; 16:31; Gen. 17:7–14). The household baptisms of Acts are striking examples of this (10:47, 48; 16:31–33; cf. 1 Cor. 1:16). Such household baptisms were apparently standard practice.