Acts 16:13-35

¹³And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the citie, besides a Riuer, where they were wont to pray: and we sate downe, and spake vnto the women, which were come together.

¹⁴And a certaine woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, heard vs: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended vnto the things, which Paul spake.

¹⁵And when she was baptized, and her houshold, she besought vs, saying, If ye haue iudged me to be faithfull to ye Lord, come into mine house, and abide there: and she constrained vs.

¹⁶And it came to passe that as we went to prayer, a certaine maide hauing a spirit of diuination, mette vs, which gate her masters much vantage with diuining.

¹⁷She followed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying, These men are the seruants of the most high God, which shewe vnto you the way of saluation.

¹⁸And this did she many dayes: but Paul being grieued, turned about, and said to the spirit, I commaund thee in the Name of Iesus Christ, that thou come out of her. And he came out the same houre.

¹⁹Nowe when her masters sawe that the hope of their gaine was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drewe them into the market place vnto the Magistrates,

²⁰And brought them to the gouernours, saying, These men which are Iewes, trouble our citie,

²¹And preache ordinances, which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, seeing we are Romanes.

²²The people also rose vp together against them, and the gouernours rent their clothes, and commanded them to be beaten with roddes.

²³And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison, commaunding the Iayler to keepe them surely.

²⁴Who hauing receiued such commandement, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feete fast in the stockes.

²⁵Nowe at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sung Psalmes vnto God: and the prisoners heard them.

²⁶And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison was shaken: and by and by all the doores opened, and euery mans bands were loosed.

²⁷Then the keeper of the prison waked out of his sleepe, and when he sawe the prison doores open, he drewe out his sword and would haue killed himselfe, supposing the prisoners had bin fled.

²⁸But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying, Doe thy selfe no harme: for we are all here.

²⁹Then he called for a light, and leaped in, and came trembling, and fell downe before Paul and Silas,

³⁰And brought them out, and said, Syrs, what must I doe to be saued?

³¹And they saide, Beleeue in the Lord Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, and thine houshold.

³²And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, and to all that were in the house.

³³Afterwarde he tooke them the same houre of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized with all that belonged vnto him, straigthway.

³⁴And when he had brought them into his house, he set meate before them, and reioyced that he with all his houshold beleeued in God.

³⁵And when it was day, the gouernours sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.