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Acts 16
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- 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:
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- 16:2
Which was well
reported of
by the
brethren that were
at
Lystra
and
Iconium.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 16:5 And
so
*
were the
churches
established in the
faith,
and
increased in
number
daily
*.
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- 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,
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- 16:7 After they were
come
to
Mysia, they
assayed to
go
into
Bithynia:
but the
Spirit
suffered
them
not.
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- 16:8
And they passing
by
Mysia came
down
to
Troas.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 16:11
Therefore
loosing
from
Troas, we came with a straight
course
to
Samothracia,
and the
next day
to
Neapolis;
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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:
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- 16:17 The
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.
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- 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.
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- 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,
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- 16:20
And
brought
them to the
magistrates,
saying,
These
men,
being
Jews, do exceedingly
trouble
our
city,
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- 16:21
And
teach
customs,
which
are
not
lawful for
us to
receive,
neither to
observe,
being
Romans.
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- 16:22
And the
multitude rose up
together
against
them:
and the
magistrates rent
off
their
clothes, and
commanded to
beat them.
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- 16:23
And when they had
laid
many
stripes upon
them, they
cast them
into
prison,
charging the
jailor to
keep
them
safely:
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- 16:24
Who, having
received
such a
charge,
thrust
them
into the
inner
prison,
and
made
their
feet
fast
in the
stocks.
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- 16:25
And
at
midnight
Paul
and
Silas
prayed, and sang
praises unto
God:
and the
prisoners
heard
them.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 16:28
But
Paul
cried with a
loud
voice,
saying,
Do
thyself
no
harm:
for we
are
all
here.
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- 16:29
Then he
called for a
light, and sprang
in,
and
came
trembling, and fell down
before
Paul
and
Silas,
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- 16:30
And
brought
them
out, and
said,
Sirs,
what
must
I
do
to be
saved ?
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- 16:31
And they
said,
Believe
on the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
thou shalt be
saved,
and
thy
house.
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- 16:32
And they
spake unto
him the
word of the
Lord,
and to
all that were
in
his
house.
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- 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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- 16:34
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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- 16:35
And when it
was
day, the
magistrates
sent the
serjeants,
saying,
Let
those
men
go.
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- 16:36
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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- 16:37
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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- 16:38
And the
serjeants
told
these
words unto the
magistrates:
and they
feared, when they
heard
that they
were
Romans.
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- 16:39
And they
came and
besought
them,
and brought them
out, and
desired them to depart
out of the
city.
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- 16:40
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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