1 Paul came also to AActs 14:6Derbe and to AActs 14:6Lystra. And a disciple was there, named BActs 17:14f; 18:5; 19:22; 20:4; Rom 16:21; 1 Cor 4:17; 16:10; 2 Cor 1:1, 19; Phil 1:1; 2:19; Col 1:1; 1 Thess 1:1; 3:2, 6; 2 Thess 1:1; 1 Tim 1:2, 18; 6:20; 2 Tim 1:2; Philem 1; Heb 13:23Timothy, the son of a C2 Tim 1:5; 3:15Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek, 2 and he was well spoken of by AActs 16:40the brethren who were in BActs 14:6Lystra and CActs 13:51Iconium. 3 Paul wanted this man to 1Lit go outgo with him; and he AGal 2:3took 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 AActs 15:28fthe decrees which had been decided upon by BActs 15:2the apostles and CActs 11:30elders who were in Jerusalem, for them to observe. 5 So AActs 9:31the churches were being strengthened 1Or in faithin the faith, and were BActs 2:47increasing in number daily.

6 They passed through the 1Or Phrygia and the Galatian regionAActs 2:10; 18:23Phrygian and BActs 18:23; 1 Cor 16:1; Gal 1:2; 3:1; 2 Tim 4:10; 1 Pet 1:1Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in 2I.e. west coast province of Asia MinorCActs 2:9Asia; 7 and after they came to AActs 16:8Mysia, they were trying to go into B1 Pet 1:1Bithynia, and the CLuke 24:49; Acts 8:29; Rom 8:9; Gal 4:6; Phil 1:19; 1 Pet 1:11Spirit of Jesus did not permit them; 8 and passing by AActs 16:7Mysia, they came down to BActs 16:11; 20:5f; 2 Cor 2:12; 2 Tim 4:13Troas. 9 AActs 9:10A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of BActs 16:10, 12; 18:5; 19:21f, 29; 20:1, 3; 27:2; Rom 15:26Macedonia was standing and appealing to him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 When he had seen AActs 9:10the vision, immediately B[we] Acts 16:10-17; 20:5-15; 21:1-18; 27:1-28:16we sought to 1Lit go outgo into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to CActs 14:7preach the gospel to them.

11 So putting out to sea from AActs 16:8; 20:5f; 2 Cor 2:12; 2 Tim 4:13Troas, we ran BActs 21:1a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis; 12 and from there to AActs 20:6; Phil 1:1; 1 Thess 2:2Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of BActs 16:9, 10; 18:5; 19:21f, 29; 20:1, 3; 27:2; Rom 15:26Macedonia, CActs 16:21a Roman colony; and we were staying in this city for some days. 13 And on AActs 13:14the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.

14 A woman named Lydia, from the city of ARev 1:11; 2:18, 24Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, BActs 13:43; 18:7a worshiper of God, was listening; 1Lit whose heart the Lord openedand the Lord CLuke 24:45opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul. 15 And when she and AActs 11:14her 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 AActs 16:13the place of prayer, a slave-girl having BLev 19:31; 20:6, 27; Deut 18:11; 1 Sam 28:3, 7; 2 Kin 21:6; 1 Chr 10:13; Is 8:19a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling. 17 Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are bond-servants of AMark 5:7the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you 1Lit a waythe way of salvation.” 18 She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I command you AMark 16:17in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very 1Lit hourmoment.

19 But when her masters saw that their hope of AActs 16:16; 19:25fprofit was 1Lit gone outgone, they seized BActs 15:22, 40; 16:25, 29Paul and Silas and CActs 8:3; 17:6f; 21:30; James 2:6dragged them into the market place before the authorities, 20 and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews, 21 and AEsth 3:8are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being BActs 16:12Romans.”

22 The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their 1Or outer garmentsrobes off them and proceeded to order 2Lit to beat with rodsthem to be A2 Cor 11:25; 1 Thess 2:2beaten with rods. 23 When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding AActs 16:27, 36the jailer to guard them securely; 24 1Lit whoand he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in AJob 13:27; 33:11; Jer 20:2f; 29:26the 2Lit woodstocks.

25 But about midnight AActs 16:19Paul and Silas were praying and BEph 5:19singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; 26 and suddenly AActs 4:31there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately BActs 12:10all the doors were opened and everyone’s CActs 12:7chains were unfastened. 27 When AActs 16:23, 36the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about BActs 12:19to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!” 29 And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before AActs 16:19Paul and Silas, 30 and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, AActs 2:37; 22:10what must I do to be saved?”

31 They said, “AMark 16:16Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and BActs 11:14; 16:15your household.” 32 And they spoke the word of 1Two early mss read Godthe Lord to him together with all who were in his house. 33 And he took them AActs 16:25that 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 1Lit a tablefood before them, and rejoiced 2Or greatly with his whole household, having believed in Godgreatly, having believed in God with AActs 11:14; 16:15his whole household.

35 Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, “Release those men.” 36 And AActs 16:27the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go BActs 15:33in peace.” 37 But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us in public without trial, AActs 22:25-29men who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out.” 38 The policemen reported these words to the chief magistrates. AActs 22:29They were afraid when they heard that they were Romans, 39 and they came and appealed to them, and when they had brought them out, they kept begging them AMatt 8:34to leave the city. 40 They went out of the prison and entered the house of AActs 16:14Lydia, and when they saw BActs 1:15; 16:2the brethren, they 1Or exhortedencouraged them and departed.