Bible Heaven/Bible Heaven.iso/pchyperb/acts16

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 16:1  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:
 16:2  Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at
Lystra and Iconium.
 16:3  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.
 16:4  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.
 16:5  And so were the churches established in the faith, and
increased in number daily.
 16:6  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,
 16:7  After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into
Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
 16:8  And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
 16:9  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.
 16:10  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.
 16:11  Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight
course to Samothracia, and the next [day] to Neapolis;
 16:12  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.
 16:13  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].
 16:14  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.
 16:15  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.
 16:16  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:
 16:17  The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These
men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us
the way of salvation.
 16:18  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.
 16:19  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,
 16:20  And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men,
being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
 16:21  And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to
receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
 16:22  And the multitude rose up together against them: and
the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat
[them].
 16:23  And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they
cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them
safely:
 16:24  Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into
the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
 16:25  And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises
unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
 16:26  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.
 16:27  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.
 16:28  But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no
harm: for we are all here.
 16:29  Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came
trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
 16:30  And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to
be saved?
 16:31  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
 16:32  And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to
all that were in his house.
 16:33  And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed
[their] stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
 16:34  And when he had brought them into his house, he set
meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his
house.
 16:35  And when it was day, the magistrates sent the
serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
 16:36  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.
 16:37  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.
 16:38  And the serjeants told these words unto the
magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were
Romans.
 16:39  And they came and besought them, and brought [them]
out, and desired [them] to depart out of the city.
 16:40  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.