We see throughout this record, they who heard and believed the gospel were baptized.
The concealment of their status achieved two results. Firstly, it dramatically disassociated them from the people of Philippi who were especially proud of their city’s status as a Roman colony and of their own Roman citizenship, emphasising to the disciples that “our citizenship is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself” Philemon 3:20-21.Waiting for response for Philemon 3:20-21 Secondly, it led directly to the acceptance of the gospel by the jailor and his household.
Paul's Second Journey