Acts 16
Timothy Accompanies
Paul and Silas |
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Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and,
behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a
certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
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which was well reported of by the
brethren that were at Lystra and Ico'ni-um.
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Him 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.
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And 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.
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And so were the churches established in
the faith, and increased in number daily.
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Paul's Vision of the
Man of Macedonia |
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Now when they had gone throughout
Phryg'i-a and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy
Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
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after they were come to My'si-a, they
assayed to go into Bithyn'i-a: but the Spirit suffered them
not.
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And they passing by My'si-a came down to
Tro'as.
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And 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.
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And after he had seen the vision,
immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering
that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto
them.
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The Imprisonment at
Philippi |
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Therefore loosing from Tro'as, we came
with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to
Ne-ap'olis;
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and from thence to Phil'ippi, which is
the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and
we were in that city abiding certain days.
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And 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.
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And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller
of purple, of the city of Thy-ati'ra, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the
things which were spoken of Paul.
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And 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.
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And 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:
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the same followed Paul and us, and cried,
saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show
unto us the way of salvation.
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And 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.
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And when her masters saw that the hope
of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market place unto the rulers,
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and brought them to the magistrates,
saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our
city,
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and teach customs, which are not lawful
for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
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And the multitude rose up together
against them; and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and
commanded to beat them.
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And when they had laid many stripes upon
them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep
them safely:
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who, having received such a charge,
thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the
stocks.
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And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed,
and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
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And 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.
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And 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.
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But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying,
Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
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Then he called for a light, and sprang
in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and
Silas,
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and brought them out, and said, Sirs,
what must I do to be saved?
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And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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And they spake unto him the word of the
Lord, and to all that were in his house.
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And he took them the same hour of the
night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all
his, straightway.
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And when he had brought them into his
house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with
all his house.
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And when it was day, the magistrates
sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.
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And 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.
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But 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.
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And the sergeants told these words unto
the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were
Romans.
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And they came and besought them, and
brought them out, and desired them to depart out of
the city.
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And 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.
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