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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.
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 :
The brothers
in
Lystra and Iconium spoke
well
of
him
.
Which
was
well
reported
of
by
the brethren
that
were
at
Lystra and Iconium.
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.
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.
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
.
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.
So the churches were
strengthened
in the faith and grew
daily
in numbers
.
And
so were
the churches established
in the faith ,
and increased
in number
daily
.
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.
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,
And
when
they came
to the
border
of
Mysia, they tried
to enter
Bithynia ,
but the Spirit of
Jesus
would
not
permit
them.
After
they were
come
to Mysia, they assayed
to go
into
Bithynia :
but the Spirit suffered
them not
.
So
they passed
by Mysia and
went
down to Troas.
And
they passing
by Mysia came
down to Troas.
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
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.
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.
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.
We
sailed
from Troas straight to Samothrace
, and the following
day on
to Neapolis .
Therefore
loosing
from Troas ,
we
came
with
a
straight course
to Samothracia
, and the next
day to Neapolis ;
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
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.
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
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
.
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
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
.
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 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.
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.
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:
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 !”
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 .
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
.
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
.
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 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,
They
brought them to the magistrates and
said
, “
These men are
Jews and
are
throwing
our city into
turmoil
And
brought them to the magistrates, saying,
These men ,
being
Jews ,
do
exceedingly
trouble
our city ,
by
promoting
customs that
are unlawful
for us Romans
to adopt
or
practice
. ”
And
teach
customs ,
which
are not
lawful
for us to receive,
neither
to
observe,
being
Romans
.
The
crowd
joined
in
the attack
against Paul
and
Silas,
and the magistrates ordered
that
they
be
stripped
and beaten
with
rods
.
And
the multitude
rose
up
together
against them:
and the magistrates rent
off
their
clothes,
and commanded
to
beat
them
.
And after
striking
them
with
many blows
, they threw
them into prison and
ordered
the jailer
to guard
them securely.
And when
they
had
laid
many stripes
upon
them
, they cast
them into prison ,
charging
the jailor
to keep
them safely:
On
receiving
this
order
, he
placed
them in
the inner cell
and fastened
their feet in the stocks.
Who
, having
received
such
a
charge,
thrust
them into
the inner prison,
and made
their feet fast
in the stocks.
About
midnight Paul and Silas were
praying
and singing
hymns
to
God ,
and the other
prisoners were
listening
to
them.
And
at
midnight Paul and Silas prayed,
and sang
praises
unto
God :
and the prisoners heard
them.
Suddenly a strong
earthquake shook
the foundations of the prison .
At
once
all the doors flew
open
and everyone’s
chains
came
loose
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
But Paul called
out
in
a loud voice, “
Do not
harm yourself!
We are all here !”
But Paul cried
with
a loud voice, saying,
Do thyself
no
harm :
for
we are all here .
Calling
for lights
, the
jailer
rushed
in and fell
trembling before Paul and Silas .
Then
he
called
for a
light
, and
sprang
in ,
and came
trembling ,
and
fell
down
before Paul and Silas ,
Then
he
brought them out and asked
, “
Sirs, what must I do to be saved? ”
And
brought them out ,
and said
, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
They replied
, “
Believe in
the Lord Jesus and you
will
be saved, you
and your
household
. ”
And
they said
, Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou
shalt
be saved, and thy
house
.
Then
Paul
and Silas
spoke
the word of the Lord to
him
and to everyone
in his house.
And they
spake
unto
him
the word of the Lord ,
and to all
that
were
in his house.
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
took
them
the
same
hour of the night, and washed their stripes;
and was
baptized
, he and all his ,
straightway
.
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.
And
when
he had
brought them into his house,
he
set meat
before them ,
and rejoiced ,
believing
in God with
all
his
house
.
When daylight
came
, the magistrates sent their
officers
with
the order:
“Release
those men. ”
And
when it
was
day
, the magistrates sent the serjeants,
saying,
Let
those men go
.
The jailer
informed
Paul :
“
The magistrates have sent orders
to release
you .
Now you
may
go on
your
way
in peace. ”
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.
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 !”
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 .
So
the officers
relayed
this
message
to
the magistrates, who
were
alarmed
to
hear
that Paul
and
Silas
were Roman
citizens
.
And
the serjeants
told
these
words
unto
the magistrates :
and
they
feared
, when
they
heard
that they
were Romans
.
They came to
appease
them and led
them out, requesting
that
they
leave
the city.
And
they came and
besought
them ,
and brought
them out, and
desired
them
to
depart
out
of
the city.
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
.
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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