1 Then came he (Paul) 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.
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: 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.