<h3>The Macedonian Vision</h3>16 Now Paul also came to Derbe and to Lystra. And a disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek, 2 and he was well spoken of by the brothers and sisters who were in Lystra and Iconium. 3 Paul wanted this man to leave with him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4 Now while they were passing through the cities, they were delivering the ordinances for them to follow which had been determined by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. 5 So the churches were being strengthened in the faith, and were increasing in number daily. 6 They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, after being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia; 7 and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them; 8 and passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and pleading with him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 When he had seen the vision, we immediately sought to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. 11 So after setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis; 12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony; and we were spending some days in this city. 13 And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were thinking that there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled. <h3>First Convert in Europe</h3> 14 A woman named Lydia was listening; she was a seller of purple fabrics from the city of Thyatira, and a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul. 15 Now when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us. 16 It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave woman who had a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing great profit to her masters by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and us and cried out repeatedly, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation.” 18 Now she continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and he turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very moment. 19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was suddenly gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities, 20 and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble, 21 and they are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us to accept or to practice, since we are Romans.” <h3>Paul and Silas Imprisoned</h3> 22 The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods. 23 When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely; 24 and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25 Now about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to 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 everyone’s chains were unfastened. 27 When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!” 29 And the jailer asked for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell down before Paul and Silas; 30 and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” <h3>The Jailer Converted</h3> 31 They said, “ Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” 32 And they spoke the word of God to him together with all who were in his house. 33 And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household. 34 And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and was overjoyed, since he had become a believer in God together with his whole household. 35 Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their officers, saying, “Release those men.” 36 And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent word that you be released. So come out now and go in peace.” 37 But Paul said to them, “After beating us in public without due process— men who are Romans—they threw us into prison; and now they are releasing us secretly? No indeed! On the contrary, let them come in person and lead us out.” 38 The officers reported these words to the chief magistrates. And they became fearful when they heard that they were Romans, 39 and they came and pleaded with them, and when they had led them out, they repeatedly asked them to leave the city. 40 They left the prison and entered the house of Lydia, and when they saw the brothers and sisters, they encouraged them and departed.

Acts 16:1

Now Paul also came to <cr>1</cr>Derbe and to <cr>2</cr>Lystra. And a disciple was there, named <cr>3</cr>Timothy, the son of a <cr>4</cr>Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek,

and he was well spoken of by <cr>1</cr>the brothers and sisters who were in <cr>2</cr>Lystra and <cr>3</cr>Iconium.

Acts 16:2

Paul wanted this man to leave with him; and he <cr>1</cr>took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Acts 16:3

Now while they were passing through the cities, they were delivering <cr>1</cr>the ordinances for them to follow which had been determined by <cr>2</cr>the apostles and <cr>3</cr>elders in Jerusalem.

Acts 16:4

So <cr>1</cr>the churches were being strengthened <ft>1</ft>in the faith, and were <cr>2</cr>increasing in number daily.

Acts 16:5

They passed through the <ft>1</ft><cr>1</cr>Phrygian and <cr>2</cr>Galatian region, after being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in <ft>2</ft><cr>3</cr>Asia;

Acts 16:6

and after they came to <cr>1</cr>Mysia, they were trying to go into <cr>2</cr>Bithynia, and the <cr>3</cr>Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

Acts 16:7

and passing by <cr>1</cr>Mysia, they went down to <cr>2</cr>Troas.

Acts 16:8

<cr>1</cr>And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of <cr>2</cr>Macedonia was standing and pleading with him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

Acts 16:9

When he had seen <cr>1</cr>the vision, <cr>2</cr>we immediately sought to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to <cr>3</cr>preach the gospel to them.

Acts 16:10

So after setting sail from <cr>1</cr>Troas, we ran <cr>2</cr>a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis;

Acts 16:11

and from there to <cr>1</cr>Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of <cr>2</cr>Macedonia, <cr>3</cr>a Roman colony; and we were spending some days in this city.

Acts 16:12

And on <cr>1</cr>the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were thinking that there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.

Acts 16:13

Acts 16:14

A woman named Lydia was listening; she was a seller of purple fabrics from the city of <cr>1</cr>Thyatira, and<cr>2</cr>a worshiper of God. <ft>1</ft>The Lord <cr>3</cr>opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

Now when she and <cr>1</cr>her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.

Acts 16:15

It happened that as we were going to <cr>1</cr>the place of prayer, a slave woman who had <cr>2</cr>a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing great profit to her masters by fortune-telling.

Acts 16:16

She followed Paul and us and cried out repeatedly, saying, “These men are bond-servants of <cr>1</cr>the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation.”

Acts 16:17

Now she continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and he turned and said to the spirit, “I command you <cr>1</cr>in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very <ft>1</ft>moment.

Acts 16:18

But when her masters saw that their hope of <cr>1</cr>profit was suddenly gone, they seized <cr>2</cr>Paul and Silas and <cr>3</cr>dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities,

Acts 16:19

and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble,

Acts 16:20

and they <cr>1</cr>are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us to accept or to practice, since we are <cr>2</cr>Romans.”

Acts 16:21

Acts 16:22

The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their <ft>1</ft>robes off them and proceeded to order <ft>2</ft>them to be <cr>1</cr>beaten with rods.

When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding <cr>1</cr>the jailer to guard them securely;

Acts 16:23

<ft>1</ft>and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in <cr>1</cr>the <ft>2</ft>stocks.

Acts 16:24

Now about midnight <cr>1</cr>Paul and Silas were praying and <cr>2</cr>singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

Acts 16:25

and suddenly <cr>1</cr>there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately <cr>2</cr>all the doors were opened, and everyone’s <cr>3</cr>chains were unfastened.

Acts 16:26

When <cr>1</cr>the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about <cr>2</cr>to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped.

Acts 16:27

But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”

Acts 16:28

And the jailer asked for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell down before <cr>1</cr>Paul and Silas;

Acts 16:29

and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, <cr>1</cr>what must I do to be saved?”

Acts 16:30

Acts 16:31

They said, “<cr>1</cr>Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and <cr>2</cr>your household.”

And they spoke the word of God to him together with all who were in his house.

Acts 16:32

And he took them <cr>1</cr>that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.

Acts 16:33

And he brought them into his house and set <ft>1</ft>food before them, and was <ft>2</ft>overjoyed, since he had become a believer in God together with <cr>1</cr>his whole household.

Acts 16:34

Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their officers, saying, “Release those men.”

Acts 16:35

And <cr>1</cr>the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent word that you be released. So come out now and go <cr>2</cr>in peace.”

Acts 16:36

But Paul said to them, “After beating us in public without due process—<cr>1</cr>men who are Romans—they threw us into prison; and now they are releasing us secretly? No indeed! On the contrary, let them come <ft>1</ft>in person and lead us out.”

Acts 16:37

The officers reported these words to the chief magistrates. <cr>1</cr>And they became fearful when they heard that they were Romans,

Acts 16:38

and they came and pleaded with them, and when they had led them out, they repeatedly asked them <cr>1</cr>to leave the city.

Acts 16:39

They left the prison and entered the house of<cr>1</cr>Lydia, and when they saw <cr>2</cr>the brothers and sisters, they <ft>1</ft>encouraged them and departed.

Acts 16:40

 1 Now Paul also came to  Derbe and to  Lystra. And a disciple was there, named  Timothy, the son of a  Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek, 2 and he was well spoken of by  the brothers and sisters who were in  Lystra and  Iconium. 3 Paul wanted this man to leave with him; and he  took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4 Now while they were passing through the cities, they were delivering  the ordinances for them to follow which had been determined by  the apostles and  elders in Jerusalem. 5 So  the churches were being strengthened  in the faith, and were  increasing in number daily. 6 They passed through the   Phrygian and  Galatian region, after being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in   Asia; 7 and after they came to  Mysia, they were trying to go into  Bithynia, and the  Spirit of Jesus did not allow them; 8 and passing by  Mysia, they went down to  Troas. 9  And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of  Macedonia was standing and pleading with him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 When he had seen  the vision,  we immediately sought to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to  preach the gospel to them. 11 So after setting sail from  Troas, we ran  a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis; 12 and from there to  Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of  Macedonia,  a Roman colony; and we were spending some days in this city. 13 And on  the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were thinking that there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled. 14 A woman named Lydia was listening; she was a seller of purple fabrics from the city of  Thyatira, and a worshiper of God.  The Lord  opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul. 15 Now when she and  her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us. 16 It happened that as we were going to  the place of prayer, a slave woman who had  a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing great profit to her masters by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and us and cried out repeatedly, saying, “These men are bond-servants of  the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation.” 18 Now she continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and he turned and said to the spirit, “I command you  in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very  moment. 19 But when her masters saw that their hope of  profit was suddenly gone, they seized  Paul and Silas and  dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities, 20 and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble, 21 and they  are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us to accept or to practice, since we are  Romans.” 22 The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their  robes off them and proceeded to order  them to be  beaten with rods. 23 When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding  the jailer to guard them securely; 24  and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in  the  stocks. 25 Now about midnight  Paul and Silas were praying and  singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to 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 everyone’s  chains were unfastened. 27 When  the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about  to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!” 29 And the jailer asked for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell down before  Paul and Silas; 30 and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs,  what must I do to be saved?” 31 They said, “ Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and  your household.” 32 And they spoke the word of God to him together with all who were in his house. 33 And he took them  that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household. 34 And he brought them into his house and set  food before them, and was  overjoyed, since he had become a believer in God together with  his whole household. 35 Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their officers, saying, “Release those men.” 36 And  the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent word that you be released. So come out now and go  in peace.” 37 But Paul said to them, “After beating us in public without due process— men who are Romans—they threw us into prison; and now they are releasing us secretly? No indeed! On the contrary, let them come  in person and lead us out.” 38 The officers reported these words to the chief magistrates.  And they became fearful when they heard that they were Romans, 39 and they came and pleaded with them, and when they had led them out, they repeatedly asked them  to leave the city. 40 They left the prison and entered the house of Lydia, and when they saw  the brothers and sisters, they  encouraged them and departed.

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