Acts 16

16Then came he to ^aDerbe and ^aLystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named ^bTimotheus, ^cthe son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: ²Which ^dwas well reported of by the brethren that were at ^aLystra and ^eIconium. ³Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and ^ftook and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they ^gknew all that his father was a Greek. ⁴And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the ^hdecrees for to keep, ⁱthat were ordained of the apostles and ^kelders which were at Jerusalem. ⁵And so were ^lthe churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. ⁶Now when they had gone throughout ^mPhrygia and the region of ⁿGalatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in ^oAsia, ⁷After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into ^pBithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. ⁸And they passing by Mysia came down to ^qTroas. ⁹And ^ra vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of ^xMacedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. ¹⁰And after he had seen ^rthe vision, immediately ^swe endeavoured to go into ^xMacedonia, ^tassuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them. ¹¹Therefore loosing from ^qTroas, we ^ucame with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; ¹²And from thence to ^wPhilippi, which is ^||the chief city of that part of ^xMacedonia, and ^ya colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.

¹³And 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. ¹⁴And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of ^zThyatira, ^awhich worshipped God, heard us: whose ^bheart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. ¹⁵And when she was baptized, ^cand her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and ^dabide there. And she ^econstrained us. ¹⁶And it came to pass, as we went to ^fprayer, a certain damsel possessed with ^ga spirit ^||of ^hdivination met us, which brought her masters ⁱmuch gain by soothsaying: ¹⁷The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, ^kThese men are the servants of ^lthe most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. ¹⁸And this did she many days. ^kBut Paul, ^mbeing grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ ⁿto come out of her. ^oAnd he came out the same hour. ¹⁹And ^pwhen her masters saw that the hope of their ⁱgains was gone, they caught Paul and ^qSilas, and ^rdrew them into the ^||marketplace unto the rulers, ²⁰And brought them to ^sthe magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, ^tdo exceedingly trouble our city, ²¹And ^uteach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, ^vbeing Romans. ²²And the multitude rose up together against them: and the ^smagistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded ^wto beat them. ²³And when they had laid many ^xstripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging ^ythe jailor to keep them safely: ²⁴Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner ^zprison, and made their feet fast ^ain the stocks.

²⁵And ^bat midnight Paul and ^cSilas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. ²⁶And suddenly ^dthere was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all ^ethe doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. ²⁷And ^fthe keeper of the prison ^gawaking 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. ²⁸But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. ²⁹Then he called for a light, and ^hsprang in, and came trembling, and ⁱfell down before Paul and ^cSilas, ³⁰And brought them out, and said, Sirs, ^kwhat must I do to be saved? ³¹And they said, ^lBelieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and ^mthy house. ³²And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to ^mall that were in his house. ³³And he took them ⁿthe same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and ^lwas baptized, he and ^mall his, straightway. ³⁴And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with ^mall his house.

³⁵And when it was day, ^othe magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go. ³⁶And ^fthe keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, ^oThe magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and ^pgo in peace. ³⁷But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly ^quncondemned, being ^qRomans, 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. ³⁸And the serjeants told these words unto ^othe magistrates: and ^rthey feared, when they heard that they were Romans. ^39aAnd they came and besought them, and brought them out, and ^sdesired them to depart out of the city. ⁴⁰And they went out of the prison, and entered into ^tthe house of Lydia: and when they had seen ^uthe brethren, they ^xcomforted them, and departed.