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And
he
came also
to Derbe and to Lystra :
and
behold
, a certain
disciple was
there,
named Timothy, the son of a Jewess
that
believed;
but
his
father
was
a Greek.
Paul
came to Derbe and then
to Lystra, where
he
found
a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing
Jewish
woman
and
a Greek father
.
The same
was
well
reported
of
by
the
brethren
that
were
at
Lystra and Iconium.
The brothers
in
Lystra and Iconium spoke
well
of
him
.
Him
would
Paul have
to go
forth
with
him ;
and
he took and circumcised him because
of the Jews that
were
in those
parts:
for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Paul wanted
Timothy
to accompany
him ,
so
he took him
and circumcised him on
account
of the Jews in that
area,
for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
And
as they went on
their
way
through
the
cities
, they delivered them
the decrees
to
keep
which
had
been
ordained
of
the apostles and elders that
were
at
Jerusalem.
As they went from
town
to
town
, they delivered the decisions
handed
down
by
the apostles and elders in
Jerusalem for
the
people
to
obey
.
So the churches were strengthened in the faith ,
and increased
in
number
daily.
So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew
daily in
numbers
.
And
they went
through the region of Phrygia and Galatia ,
having
been
forbidden
of
the
Holy
Spirit
to
speak
the
word
in
Asia;
After
the
Holy
Spirit
had
prevented
them
from
speaking
the
word
in
the
province
of
Asia,
they traveled
through the region of Phrygia and Galatia .
and when they were
come
over
against
Mysia, they assayed
to go
into
Bithynia ;
and
the Spirit of Jesus suffered
them
not ;
And when they came
to
the
border
of
Mysia, they tried
to enter
Bithynia ,
but
the Spirit of Jesus would
not permit
them.
and
passing
by Mysia ,
they
came
down to Troas.
So
they
passed
by Mysia and
went
down to Troas.
And
a
vision
appeared
to
Paul
in
the night :
There
was
a man of Macedonia standing ,
beseeching
him,
and saying
, Come over into
Macedonia ,
and help us.
During
the night ,
Paul
had
a vision
of
a
man of Macedonia standing and pleading
with
him
, “
Come over to
Macedonia and help us. ”
And
when
he
had seen the vision, straightway
we sought
to go
forth
into
Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
As
soon
as
Paul
had seen the vision, we got
ready
to leave
for
Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
Setting
sail
therefore
from Troas ,
we
made
a
straight course
to Samothrace, and the day
following to Neapolis ;
We
sailed
from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day
on
to Neapolis .
and
from thence
to Philippi,
which
is
a
city
of Macedonia
, the first
of the
district ,
a
`Roman'
colony:
and we were
in
this
city
tarrying
certain
days.
From there
we
went
to the
Roman
colony
of Philippi
, the leading
city
of that
district of
Macedonia.
And we stayed
there
several
days.
And
on the sabbath day
we went forth
without
the gate by
a
river side
, where we
supposed
there
was a place of prayer ;
and
we
sat
down, and
spake
unto
the women that
were
come
together
.
On the Sabbath we went outside
the city
gate along
the
river, where it
was customary
to
find
a place of prayer .
After
sitting
down, we
spoke
to
the women who
had
gathered
there
.
And
a certain
woman named Lydia, a seller
of
purple of
the city of Thyatira, one
that
worshipped
God ,
heard
us:
whose
heart
the Lord opened to give
heed
unto
the
things
which
were
spoken
by
Paul
.
Among
those
listening
was
a woman named Lydia, a dealer
in
purple cloth
from
the city of Thyatira, who
was
a
worshiper
of
God .
The Lord opened her
heart
to respond
to
Paul’s
message
.
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.
And when she and her household had
been
baptized
, she urged
us, “
If you
consider
me a
believer
in
the Lord, come and
stay
at
my house. ”
And she persuaded
us.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as we were going to the place of prayer, that
a certain
maid
having
a spirit of divination met
us
, who brought
her masters much
gain
by soothsaying
.
One
day
as we were going to the place of prayer, we
were
met
by
a slave
girl
with
a spirit of divination, who earned
a
large
income
for
her masters by fortune-telling
.
The
same
following
after
Paul and us cried
out
, saying
, These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim
unto
you the way of salvation .
This
girl
followed
Paul and the
rest
of
us, shouting
, “
These men are servants of the Most High God, who are
proclaiming
to
you the way of salvation !”
And
this
she did
for many days. But
Paul ,
being
sore
troubled,
turned and said to the spirit, I
charge
thee
in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her .
And it
came
out
that very hour
.
She continued
this
for many days. Eventually
Paul grew
so
aggravated
that
he
turned and said to the spirit, “
In the name of Jesus Christ I
command
you
to come out of her !”
And the
spirit
left
her
at
that very moment
.
But
when her
masters
saw that the
hope of their
gain
was gone, they laid
hold
on
Paul and Silas ,
and dragged them into
the
marketplace
before the rulers,
When the
girl’s
owners
saw that their
hope of making
money
was gone, they seized
Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities
in
the
marketplace.
and
when
they had
brought them unto
the magistrates ,
they
said, These men ,
being
Jews ,
do
exceedingly
trouble
our city ,
They brought them to
the magistrates and
said, “
These men are
Jews and
are
throwing
our city into
turmoil
and
set
forth
customs which
it
is
not
lawful
for us to receive,
or to
observe,
being
Romans
.
by
promoting
customs that
are
unlawful
for us Romans
to adopt
or practice
. ”
And
the multitude
rose
up
together
against them:
and the magistrates rent
their
garments
off
them,
and commanded
to
beat
them
with rods.
The crowd
joined
in
the
attack
against Paul
and Silas,
and
the magistrates ordered
that
they
be
stripped
and beaten
with rods.
And when
they
had
laid
many
stripes
upon
them, they cast
them into prison ,
charging
the jailor
to keep
them safely:
And after
striking
them with
many
blows
, they threw
them into prison and
ordered
the jailer
to guard
them securely.
who,
having
received
such
a
charge
, cast
them into
the inner prison,
and made
their feet fast
in the stocks.
On
receiving
this
order
, he
placed
them in
the inner cell
and fastened
their feet in the stocks.
But
about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto
God, and the prisoners were listening to them ;
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to
God, and the other
prisoners were listening to them .
and
suddenly there
was
a great
earthquake ,
so
that
the foundations of the prison -house
were
shaken:
and
immediately
all the doors were
opened,
and every
one's
bands
were
loosed
.
Suddenly a strong
earthquake shook
the foundations of the prison .
At
once
all the doors flew
open
and everyone’s
chains
came
loose
.
And
the jailor,
being
roused
out
of
sleep
and seeing
the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing
that the prisoners had escaped.
When
the jailer
woke
up
and saw
the prison doors open, he
drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming
that the prisoners had escaped.
But Paul cried
with
a loud voice, saying,
Do thyself
no
harm :
for
we are all here .
But Paul called
out
in
a loud voice, “
Do not
harm yourself!
We are all here !”
And
he
called
for lights and
sprang
in
, and ,
trembling
for
fear,
fell down
before Paul and Silas ,
Calling
for lights, the
jailer
rushed
in
and fell trembling
before Paul and Silas .
and
brought them out and said
, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Then
he
brought them out and asked
, “
Sirs, what must I do to be saved? ”
And
they said
, Believe on
the Lord Jesus ,
and thou
shalt
be saved, thou
and thy
house
.
They replied
, “
Believe in
the Lord Jesus and you
will
be saved, you
and your
household
. ”
And they
spake
the word of the Lord unto
him ,
with
all
that
were
in his house.
Then
Paul
and Silas
spoke
the word of the Lord to
him and
to
everyone
in his house.
And
he
took
them
the
same
hour of the night, and washed their stripes;
and was
baptized
, he and all his ,
immediately
.
At
that
hour of the night, the
jailer
took
them
and washed their wounds.
And without
delay
, he and all his household
were
baptized
.
And
he brought them up
into his house,
and set food
before them ,
and rejoiced
greatly,
with
all his house,
having
believed
in God.
Then
he brought them into his home
and set a
meal
before them .
So
he
and all his household
rejoiced
that
they
had
come
to
believe
in God.
But
when it
was
day
, the magistrates sent the sergeants,
saying,
Let
those men go
.
When daylight
came
, the magistrates sent their
officers
with
the order:
“Release
those men. ”
And
the jailor
reported
the
words
to
Paul ,
`saying',
The magistrates have sent to let
you go:
now therefore
come
forth,
and
go in peace.
The jailer
informed
Paul :
“
The magistrates have sent orders
to release
you .
Now you
may
go on
your
way
in peace. ”
But Paul said unto
them
, They have
beaten
us publicly ,
uncondemned,
men
that
are
Romans,
and have
cast
us into prison ;
and do they now
cast
us out
privily
? Nay
verily;
but
let them come themselves and bring
us out .
But Paul said to
the
officers
, “
They beat
us publicly without
a
trial
and threw
us into prison ,
even
though
we
are
Roman
citizens.
And now
do they want
to
send
us away
secretly
? Absolutely
not!
Let them come themselves and escort
us out !”
And
the sergeants
reported
these
words
unto
the magistrates :
and
they
feared
when
they
heard
that they
were Romans;
So
the officers
relayed
this
message
to
the magistrates ,
who
were
alarmed
to
hear
that Paul
and
Silas
were Roman
citizens.
and
they came and
besought
them ;
and when
they
had
brought
them out, they asked
them
to
go
away
from
the city.
They came to
appease
them and led
them out, requesting
that
they leave
the city.
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
.
After
Paul
and Silas
came
out of the prison, they
went
to
Lydia’s
house to
see
the
brothers
and encourage
them.
Then
they left
the city
.
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