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