DAY 17

AC-15:40  And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended

by

the brethren unto the grace of God.

AC-15:41  And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the

churches.

*AC-16:1  Then 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:

AC-16:2  Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at

Lystra and Iconium.

AC-16:3  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.

AC-16:4  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.

AC-16:5  And so were the churches established in the faith, and

increased in number daily.

AC-16:6  Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the

region of

Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word

in

Asia,

AC-16:7  After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into

Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

AC-16:8  And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.

AC-16:9  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.

AC-16:10  And 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.

AC-16:11  Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight

course to Samothracia, and the next [day] to Neapolis;

AC-16:12  And 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.

AC-16:13  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].

AC-16:14  And 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.

AC-16:15  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.

AC-16:16  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:

AC-16:17  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.

AC-16:18  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.

AC-16:19  And 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,

AC-16:20  And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men,

being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

AC-16:21  And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to

receive,

neither to observe, being Romans.

AC-16:22  And the multitude rose up together against them: and

the

magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat [them].

AC-16:23  And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they

cast

[them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

AC-16:24  Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into

the

inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

AC-16:25  And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises

unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

AC-16:26  And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the

foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the

doors

were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

AC-16:27  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.

AC-16:28  But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no

harm: for we are all here.

AC-16:29  Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came

trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

AC-16:30  And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do

to be

saved?

AC-16:31  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and

thou

shalt be saved, and thy house.

AC-16:32  And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to

all

that were in his house.

AC-16:33  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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