Acts 16:13-39

¹³And on the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where it was the custom for prayer to be, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had assembled.

¹⁴And a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard; whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things spoken by Paul.

¹⁵And when she had been baptised and her house, 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.

¹⁶And it came to pass as we were going to prayer that a certain female slave, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much profit to her masters by prophesying.

¹⁷She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you the way of salvation.

¹⁸And this she did many days. And Paul, being distressed, turned, and said to the spirit, I enjoin thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.

¹⁹And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market before the magistrates;

²⁰and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,

²¹and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.

²²And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them.

²³And having laid many stripes upon them they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;

²⁴who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.

²⁵And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.

²⁶And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison shook, and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bonds of all loosed.

²⁷And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had fled.

²⁸But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.

²⁹And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas.

³⁰And leading them out said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?

³¹And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.

³²And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, with all that were in his house.

³³And he took them the same hour of the night and washed them from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway.

³⁴And having brought them into his house he laid the table for them, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.

³⁵And when it was day, the praetors sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.

³⁶And the jailor reported these words to Paul: The praetors have sent that ye may be let go. Now therefore go out and depart in peace.

³⁷But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly uncondemned, us who are Romans, they have cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out secretly? no, indeed, but let them come themselves and bring us out.

³⁸And the lictors reported these words to the praetors. And they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.

³⁹And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of the city.