Acts 16
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1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra:
and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a
certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was
a Greek:
2 Which was well reported of by the
brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
3 Him would Paul have to go forth
with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in
those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
4 And as they went through the
cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of
the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
5 And so were the churches
established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
6 Now when they had gone throughout
Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to
preach the word in Asia,
7 After they were come to Mysia,
they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
8 And they passing by Mysia came
down to Troas.
9 And a vision appeared to Paul in
the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come
over into Macedonia, and help us.
10 And after he had seen the vision,
immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that
the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we
came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to
Neapolis;
12 And from thence to Philippi,
which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony:
and we were in that city abiding certain days.
13 And on the sabbath we went out of
the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat
down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
14 And a certain
woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which
worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she
attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
15 And when she was baptized, and
her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be
faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she
constrained us.
16 And it came to pass, as we went
to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us,
which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
17 The same followed Paul and us,
and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which
shew unto us the way of salvation.
18 And this did
she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I
command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came
out the same hour.
19 And when her masters saw that the
hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them
into the marketplace unto the rulers,
20 And brought them to the
magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our
city,
21 And teach customs, which are not
lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
22 And the multitude rose up
together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and
commanded to beat them.
23 And when they had laid many
stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor
to keep them safely:
24 Who, having received such a
charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the
stocks.
25 And at
midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the
prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a great
earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and
immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were
loosed.
27 And the keeper of the prison
awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out
his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had
been fled.
28 But Paul cried with a loud voice,
saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
29 Then he called for a light, and
sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
30 And brought them out, and said,
Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said, Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
32 And they spake unto him the word
of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
33 And he took them the same hour of
the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all
his, straightway.
34 And when he had brought them into
his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with
all his house.
35 And when it was day, the
magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
36 And the keeper of the prison told
this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now
therefore depart, and go in peace.
37 But Paul said unto them, They
have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us
into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let
them come themselves and fetch us out.
38 And the serjeants told these
words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they
were Romans.
39 And they came and besought them,
and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the
city.
40 And they went out of the prison,
and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the
brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
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