Saved should be taken with full theological meaning, since this is evidently the meaning intended by Luke, and not simply as a reference to what the jailer hopes to do in order to save himself from this bad situation. However, in many languages a term for saved implies both physical escape as well as moral and spiritual change. If both can be combined in this context, the meaning becomes even more relevant.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .