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Acts 16
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16Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek.G1161G2658G1519G1191G2532G3082G2532G2400G5100G3101G2258G1563G3686G5095G5207G5100G1135G2453G4103G1161G3962G1672
2The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.G3739G3140G5259G80G1722G3082G2532G2430
3Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.G5126G2309G3972G1831G4862G846G2532G2983G4059G846G1223G2453G3588G5607G1722G1565G5117G1063G1492G537G3754G846G3962G5225G1672
4As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.G1161G5613G1279G4172G3860G846G1378G5442G2919G5259G652G2532G4245G3588G1722G2419
5So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.G3303G3767G4732G1577G4732G4102G2532G4052G706G2250G2596
6Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.G1161G1330G5435G2532G5561G1054G2967G5259G40G4151G2980G3056G1722G773
7When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.G2064G2596G3465G3985G4198G2596G978G2532G4151G1439G846G3756
8So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.G1161G3928G3465G2597G1519G5174
9During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."G2532G3705G3700G3972G1223G3571G2258G2476G5100G435G3110G3870G846G2532G3004G1224G1519G3109G997G2254
10After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.G1161G5613G1492G3705G2112G2212G1831G1519G3109G4822G3754G2962G4341G2248G2097G846
11From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis.G3767G321G575G5174G2113G1519G4543G5037G1966G1519G3496
12From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.G5037G1564G1519G5375G3748G2076G4413G4172G3310G3109G2862G1161G2258G1722G5026G4172G1304G5100G2250
13On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.G5037G4521G2250G1831G1854G4172G3844G4215G3757G4335G3543G1511G2532G2523G2980G1135G4905
14One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message.G2532G5100G1135G3686G3070G4211G4172G2363G4576G2316G191G3739G2588G2962G1272G4337G2980G5259G3972
15When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. "If you consider me a believer in the Lord," she said, "come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us.G1161G5613G907G2532G846G3624G3870G3004G1487G2919G3165G1511G4103G2962G1525G1519G3450G3624G3306G2532G3849G2248
16Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.G1161G1096G2257G4198G1519G4335G5100G3814G2192G4151G4436G528G2254G3748G3930G846G2962G4183G2039G3132
17She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved."G3778G2628G3972G2532G2254G2896G3004G3778G444G1526G1401G5310G2316G3748G2605G2254G3598G4991
18She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her.G1161G5124G4160G1909G4183G2250G1161G3972G1278G1994G2532G2036G4151G3853G4671G1722G3686G2424G5547G1831G575G846G2532G1831G846G5610
19When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.G1161G846G2962G1492G3754G1680G846G2039G1831G1949G3972G2532G4609G1670G1519G58G1909G758
20They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproarG2532G4317G846G4755G2036G3778G444G5225G2453G1613G2257G4172
21by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice."G2532G2605G1485G3739G1832G3756G1832G2254G3858G3761G4160G5607G4514
22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.G2532G3793G4911G2596G846G2532G4755G4048G846G2440G2753G4463
23After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.G5037G2007G4183G4127G846G906G1519G5438G3853G1200G5083G846G806
24When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.G3739G2983G5108G3852G906G846G1519G2082G5438G2532G805G846G4228G805G1519G3586
25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.G1161G2596G3317G3972G2532G4609G4336G5214G2316G1161G1198G1874G846
26Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone's chains came loose.G1161G869G1096G3173G4578G5620G2310G1201G4531G5037G3916G3956G2374G455G2532G3956G1199G447
27The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.G1161G1200G1096G1853G2532G1492G5438G2374G455G4685G3162G3195G337G1438G3543G1198G1628
28But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! We are all here!"G1161G3972G5455G3173G5456G3004G4238G4572G3367G2556G1063G2070G537G1759
29The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.G1161G154G5457G1530G2532G1096G1790G4363G3972G2532G4609
30He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"G2532G4254G846G1854G5346G2962G5101G1163G3165G4160G2443G4982
31They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household."G1161G2036G4100G1909G2962G2424G5547G2532G4771G4982G2532G4675G3624
32Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house.G2532G2980G846G3056G2962G2532G3956G1722G846G3614
33At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.G2532G3880G846G1722G1565G5610G3571G3068G575G4127G2532G907G846G2532G3956G846G3916
34The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.G5037G321G846G1519G3624G3908G5132G3908G2532G21G4100G2316G3832G846G3832
35When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: "Release those men."G1161G1096G2250G4755G649G4465G3004G630G1565G444G630
36The jailer told Paul, "The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace."G1161G1200G518G5128G3056G4314G3972G3754G4755G649G2443G630G3568G3767G1831G4198G1722G1515
37But Paul said to the officers: "They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out."G1161G3972G5346G4314G846G1194G2248G1219G178G5225G4514G444G906G1519G5438G2532G3568G1544G2248G1544G2977G3756G1063G235G2064G846G1806G2248G1806
38The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed.G1161G4465G312G5023G4487G4755G2532G5399G191G3754G1526G4514
39They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city.G2532G2064G3870G846G2532G1806G2065G1831G4172
40After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia's house, where they met with the believers and encouraged them. Then they left.G1161G1831G1537G5438G1525G1519G3070G2532G1492G80G3870G846G2532G1831


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