Acts 16:2-29 in English

² The same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

³ Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep which had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.

⁵ So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁶ And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;

⁷ and when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;

⁸ and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁹ And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There was a man of Macedonia standing, beseeching him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

¹⁰ And when he had seen the vision, straightway we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel unto them.

¹¹ Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

¹² and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a Roman colony: and we were in this city tarrying certain days.

¹³ And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together.

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul.

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.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

¹⁷ The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim unto you the way of salvation.

¹⁸ And this she did for many days. But Paul, being sore troubled, turned and said to the spirit, I charge thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,

²⁰ and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

²¹ and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.

²² And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

²⁴ who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

²⁵ But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

²⁶ and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened; and every one’s bands were loosed.

²⁷ And the jailor, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

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

²⁹ And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,

² Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

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.

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.

⁵ And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

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,

⁷ After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

⁸ And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.

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.

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.

¹¹ Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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,

²⁰ And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

²¹ And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

²² And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

²⁴ Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

²⁵ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

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.

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.

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

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

² The same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

³ Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, which had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.

⁵ So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁶ And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia;

⁷ and when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;

⁸ and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁹ And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There was a man of Macedonia standing, beseeching him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

¹⁰ And when he had seen the vision, straightway we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.

¹¹ Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

¹² and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a Roman colony: and we were in this city tarrying certain days.

¹³ And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which were come together.

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul.

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.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

¹⁷ The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, which proclaim unto you the way of salvation.

¹⁸ And this she did for many days. But Paul, being sore troubled, turned and said to the spirit, I charge thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,

²⁰ and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

²¹ and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.

²² And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

²⁴ who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

²⁵ But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

²⁶ and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened; and every one’s bands were loosed.

²⁷ And the jailor being roused out of sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword, and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

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

²⁹ And he called for lights, and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,

² The believers in Lystra and Iconium said good things about Timothy,

³ and Paul wanted to take Timothy with him when he went to other places, so he circumcised Timothy. He did that so that the Jews who lived in those places would accept Timothy, because they knew that his non-Jewish father had not allowed him to be circumcised { anyone to circumcise his son}.

⁴ So Timothy went with Paul and Silas and they traveled to many other towns. In each town they told the believers the rules that had been decided by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem {that the apostles and elders in Jerusalem had decided} that non-Jewish believers should obey.

⁵ God was helping the believers in those towns to trust more strongly in the Lord Jesus, and every day more people became believers.

⁶ Paul and his companions wanted/planned to enter Asia province and preach the message about Jesus there, but they were prevented by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit prevented them} from going there. So they traveled through Phrygia and Galatia provinces.

⁷ They arrived at the border of Mysia province and they wanted to go north into Bithynia province. But again the Spirit of Jesus showed them that they should not go there.

⁸ So they went through Mysia province and arrived at Troas, a port city. I, Luke, joined them there.

⁹ That night God gave Paul a vision in which he saw a man who was a native of Macedonia province. He was standing some distance away, and he was earnestly calling to Paul, “ Please come over here to Macedonia and help us!”

¹⁰ The next morning we (exc) immediately got ready to go to Macedonia, because we believed that God had called us to go and preach the good message to the people there.

¹¹ So we (exc) got on a ship in Troas and sailed across the sea to Samothrace Island. We spent the night there, and the next day we sailed again across the sea and arrived at Neapolis port/town.

¹² Then we left Neapolis and went by land to Philippi. It was a very important city in Macedonia province, where many Roman citizens lived. We stayed in Philippi several days.

¹³ On the first ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest► after we(exc) arrived, we went outside the city gate down to the river. We had heard someone say that Jewish people gathered to pray there. When we arrived there, we saw some women who had gathered to pray. So we sat down and began to tell them the message about Jesus.

¹⁴ A woman whose name was Lydia was one of those who were listening to Paul. She was a non-Jewish woman, from Thyatira city, who bought and sold expensive purple cloth. She had accepted what the Jews believe about God. The Lord God caused her to pay attention to the message that Paul preached, and she believed it. The members of her household also heard the good message and believed in Jesus MTY.

¹⁵ After Paul and Silas baptized Lydia and the others who lived in her house MTY {After Lydia and the others who lived in her house were baptized}, she invited us to go and stay in her home. She said, “You (pl) know that I now believe in the Lord Jesus, so please come and stay in my house.” She persuaded us to do that, so we(exc) stayed there.

¹⁶ Another day, while we (exc) were going to the place where people regularly gathered to pray, we met a young woman who was a slave. An evil spirit was enabling her to be a ventriloquist and to tell people what would happen to them. People paid a lot of money to the men who were her owners, in return for her telling them things that she said would happen to them.

¹⁷ This young woman followed Paul and the rest of us. She continually shouted, “These men serve the God who is the greatest of all gods! They are telling you how ◄ God can save you so that he will not punish you/to be saved►”

¹⁸ She continued to do that for many days. Finally Paul became irritated. So he turned toward the young woman and rebuked the evil spirit that was in her. He said, “By the authority MTY of Jesus Christ, I command you (sg) to come out of this young woman!” Right away the evil spirit left her.

¹⁹ And then her owners realized that she could no longer earn money for them because she could no longer predict what would happen to people, so they were angry. They grabbed Paul and Silas and forcefully took them to the public square, to the place where the government authorities and a lot of other people were gathered.

²⁰ The owners of the young woman brought Paul and Silas to the city officials and told them, “These men are Jews, and they are greatly troubling the people in MTY our city.

²¹ They are teaching that we (inc) should follow customs that our laws do not allow us Romans to consider to be correct or to obey!”

²² Many of the crowd joined those who were accusing Paul and Silas, and started beating them. Then the Roman authorities commanded soldiers to tear the shirts off Paul and Silas and to beat them with rods/sticks.

²³ So the soldiers beat Paul and Silas vigorously with rods. After that, they took them and shoved them into the prison. They told the jailer that he should lock them up securely.

²⁴ Because the officials had commanded him to do that, the jailer shoved Paul and Silas into the cell that was farthest inside. There, he made them sit down on the floor/ground and stretch out their legs. Then he fastened their ankles in grooves between two large wooden beams, so that Paul and Silas could not move their legs.

²⁵ About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying aloud and praising God by singing hymns. The other prisoners were listening attentively to them.

²⁶ Suddenly there was a very strong earthquake. It shook the entire jail SYN and its foundation SYN. The earthquake caused all the doors of the jail to open suddenly, and caused all the chains that fastened the prisoners to fall off.

²⁷ The jailer woke up and saw that the doors of the jail were open. He thought that the prisoners had escaped. So he pulled out his sword in order to kill himself, because he knew that the officials would kill him if the prisoners escaped.

²⁸ Paul saw the jailer and shouted to him, “Do not harm yourself! We (exc) prisoners are all here!”

²⁹ The jailer shouted to someone to bring torches/lanterns, and after they brought them, he rushed into the jail and knelt down in front of Paul and Silas. He was very afraid, so much so that he was trembling/shaking.

² The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.

³ Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.

⁵ So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁶ When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

⁷ When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.

⁸ Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁹ A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

¹⁰ When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.

¹¹ Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

¹² and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

¹³ On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

¹⁴ A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

¹⁵ When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

¹⁶ As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.

¹⁷ Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”

¹⁸ She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

²⁴ Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

²⁶ Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.

²⁷ The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸ But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”

²⁹ He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

² The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.

³ Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.

⁵ So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁶ When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

⁷ When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.

⁸ Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁹ A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

¹⁰ When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.

¹¹ Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

¹² and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

¹³ On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

¹⁴ A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

¹⁵ When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

¹⁶ As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.

¹⁷ Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”

¹⁸ She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

²⁴ Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

²⁶ Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.

²⁷ The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸ But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”

²⁹ He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

² The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.

³ Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.

⁵ So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁶ When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

⁷ When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.

⁸ Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁹ A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

¹⁰ When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.

¹¹ Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

¹² and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

¹³ On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

¹⁴ A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshipped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

¹⁵ When she and her household were baptised, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

¹⁶ As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.

¹⁷ Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”

¹⁸ She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

²⁴ Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

²⁶ Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.

²⁷ The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸ But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”

²⁹ He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

² Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.

³ Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

⁴ And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.

⁵ So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.

⁶ And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;

⁷ And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;

⁸ And going past Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁹ And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and give us help.

¹⁰ And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.

¹¹ So, from Troas we went straight by ship to Samothrace and the day after to Neapolis;

¹² And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.

¹³ And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.

¹⁵ And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.

¹⁶ And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

¹⁷ She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.

¹⁸ And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

²⁰ And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

²¹ Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

²² And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

²³ And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

²⁴ And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.

²⁵ But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

²⁶ And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.

²⁷ And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

²⁸ But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.

²⁹ And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,

² who had a good testimony of the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.

³ Him would Paul have go forth with him, and took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew his father that he was a Greek.

⁴ And as they passed through the cities they instructed them to observe the decrees determined on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.

⁵ The assemblies therefore were confirmed in the faith, and increased in number every day.

⁶ And having passed through Phrygia and the Galatian country, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

⁷ having come down to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

⁸ and having passed by Mysia they descended to Troas.

⁹ And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There was a certain Macedonian man, standing and beseeching him, and saying, Pass over into Macedonia and help us.

¹⁰ And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go forth to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to announce to them the glad tidings.

¹¹ Having sailed therefore away from Troas, we went in a straight course to Samothracia, and on the morrow to Neapolis,

¹² and thence to Philippi, which is the first city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in that city certain days.

¹³ And 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.

¹⁴ And 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.

¹⁵ And 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.

¹⁶ And 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.

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

¹⁸ And 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁶ And 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.

²⁷ And 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.

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

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

² To this man the brethren that were in Lystra and Iconium, gave a good testimony.

³ Him Paul would have to go along with him: and taking him he circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places. For they all knew that his father was a Gentile.

⁴ And as they passed through the cities, they delivered unto them the decrees for to keep, that were decreed by the apostles and ancients who were at Jerusalem.

⁵ And the churches were confirmed in faith, and increased in number daily.

⁶ And when they had passed through Phrygia, and the country of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia.

⁷ And when they were come into Mysia, they attempted to go into Bythynia, and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not.

⁸ And when they had passed through Mysia, they went down to Troas.

⁹ And a vision was shewed to Paul in the night, which was a man of Macedonia standing and beseeching him, and saying: Pass over into Macedonia, and help us.

¹⁰ And as soon as he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, being assured that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

¹¹ And sailing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the day following to Neapolis;

¹² And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were in this city some days conferring together.

¹³ And upon the sabbath day, we went forth without the gate by a river side, where it seemed that there was prayer; and sitting down, we spoke to the women that were assembled.

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, did hear: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to those things which were said by Paul.

¹⁵ And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying: If you 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 girl, having a pythonical spirit, met us, who brought to her masters much gain by divining.

¹⁷ This same following Paul and us, cried out, saying: These men are the servants of the most high God, who preach unto you the way of salvation.

¹⁸ And this she did many days. But Paul being grieved, turned, and said to the spirit: I command thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to go out from her. And he went out the same hour.

¹⁹ But her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, apprehending Paul and Silas, brought them into the marketplace to the rulers.

²⁰ And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: These men disturb our city, being Jews;

²¹ And preach a fashion which it is not lawful for us to receive nor observe, being Romans.

²² And the people ran together against them; and the magistrates rending off their clothes, commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the gaoler to keep them diligently.

²⁴ Who having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

²⁵ And at midnight, Paul and Silas praying, praised God. And they that were in prison, heard them.

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 the bands of all were loosed.

²⁷ And the keeper of the prison, awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drawing his sword, would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

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

²⁹ Then calling for a light, he went in, and trembling, fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas.

² who had a good testimony by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.

³ Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

⁴ And as they were going through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, which had been decided by the apostles and the elders at Jerusalem.

⁵ Therefore the churches were strengthened in the faith, and were growing in number each day.

⁶ Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the Galatian region, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia.

⁷ And having come to Mysia they attempted to go to Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.

⁸ So they bypassed Mysia, and went down to Troas.

⁹ And a vision appeared during the night to Paul. A certain man of Macedonia was standing, urging him, and saying, “Come across to Macedonia and help us.”

¹⁰ Now when he saw the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.

¹¹ Therefore, putting to sea from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day came to Neapolis,

¹² and from there to Philippi, which is chief of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were spending some days in that very city.

¹³ And on the Sabbath day we went outside the city beside a river, where prayer was customarily made; and having sat down we spoke to the women who assembled together there.

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a dealer of purple cloth of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, heard us, whose heart the Lord opened to give heed to the things spoken by Paul.

¹⁵ And when she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

¹⁶ Now it came to pass, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much profit to her masters by fortune telling.

¹⁷ This girl, following after Paul and us, was crying out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”

¹⁸ And this she did for many days. But Paul, being greatly annoyed and turning around, said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out in that very hour.

¹⁹ And when her masters saw that the hope of their profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, and dragged them to the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ And bringing them to the magistrates they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city;

²¹ and they are proclaiming customs which are not lawful for us to receive or to do, since we are Romans.”

²² And the crowd rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore their clothes and ordered men to beat them with rods.

²³ And when they laid many strokes on them, they cast them into prison, commanding the prison keeper to keep them securely;

²⁴ who, having received such a command, cast them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ Now about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

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 all the bonds were loosed.

²⁷ And becoming awake, the prison keeper, seeing the doors of the prison open, drawing a sword, he was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to have escaped.

²⁸ But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”

²⁹ And asking for a light he rushed in, and he came trembling, and fell before Paul and Silas,

² he was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.

³ Paul wanted to have him go on with him, so he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, because they all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ As they were going through the cities they were delivering the dogmas to them, to keep—the ones that had been determined by the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem.

⁵ So the congregations kept on being strengthened in the faith, and were increasing in number daily.

⁶ Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

⁷ they approached Mysia and tried to go to Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.

⁸ So they bypassed Mysia and went down to Troas.

⁹ A vision appeared to Paul during the night: a man of Macedonia was standing, appealing to him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

¹⁰ So when he saw the vision, we immediately prepared to go over to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to evangelize them.

¹¹ So setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis;

¹² and from there to Philippi, which is the foremost city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. We stayed some days in that city.

¹³ On the Sabbath day we went outside the city by a river, where prayer was customarily made, and sitting down we started speaking to the assembled women.

¹⁴ A certain woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, really listened, whose heart the Lord opened to give heed to the things spoken by Paul.

¹⁵ When she and her household were baptized, she appealed saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

¹⁶ Now it happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain slave girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought considerable profit to her owners by divination.

¹⁷ Following Paul and Silas this girl kept calling out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to us the way of salvation!”

¹⁸ She kept this up for many days! So Paul, becoming increasingly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out that very hour.

¹⁹ But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place to the rulers,

²⁰ and bringing them before the magistrates they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,

²¹ and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or do.”

²² The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off of them and ordered a beating with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them securely;

²⁴ who, having received such a charge, threw them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ Well about midnight Paul and Silas were singing hymns to God in prayer; and the other prisoners were listening to them.

²⁶ Suddenly there was a great earthquake, enough to shake the foundations of the prison; immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.

²⁷ But the jailer, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew sword, intending to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸ But Paul shouted out, “Don't harm yourself, because we are all here!”

²⁹ So calling for a light he ran in and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.

² The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.

³ Paul wanted Timothy to travel with him, so he circumcised him because the Jews in the area all knew that Timothy's father was Greek.

⁴ As they went through the different towns they gave them the requirements the apostles and elders in Jerusalem had said should be observed.

⁵ The churches were strengthened in their trust in the Lord and every day their numbers increased.

⁶ They traveled through the districts of Phrygia and Galatia, since the Holy Spirit prevented them from going to the province of Asia to speak the word.

⁷ When they arrived at the border of Mysia they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to enter.

⁸ So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.

⁹ There Paul saw in vision during the night a man from Macedonia standing up, pleading with him, “Please come over to Macedonia and help us!”

¹⁰ After Paul saw this vision, we immediately made arrangements to go to Macedonia, since we concluded that God had called us to share the good news with them.

¹¹ We set sail from Troas and made straight for Samothrace. The next day we went on to Neapolis,

¹² and from there to Philippi, the most important town in Macedonia, and also a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for several days.

¹³ On the Sabbath day we went out of the town gates down to the riverside where we thought people would come to pray. We sat down and talked with the women that had gathered there.

¹⁴ One of them was called Lydia, who sold purple cloth from the town of Thyatira. She worshiped God, and she listened to us. The Lord opened her mind to what Paul was saying, and she accepted what he told her.

¹⁵ After she and all her household were baptized, she pleaded with us, “If you really think that I'm truly committed to the Lord, then come and stay at my house.” She kept on insisting until we agreed!

¹⁶ One day when we were going down to the place of prayer we met a slave girl possessed by an evil spirit. She earned her masters a great deal of money by fortune-telling.

¹⁷ This girl followed Paul and the rest of us around, shouting, “These men are the servants of Almighty God. They are telling you how to be saved!”

¹⁸ She went on doing this for several days. This bothered Paul so he turned around and told the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to leave her!” The spirit immediately left her.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw they had lost their means of making money, they grabbed hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities at the marketplace.

²⁰ They brought them in front of the magistrates, and accused them: “These Jewish men are causing a great disturbance in our town,” they said.

²¹ “They're advocating things that are illegal for us as Romans to accept or to practice.”

²² The crowd joined together in an attack on them. The magistrates tore off Paul and Silas' clothes, and ordered them beaten with rods.

²³ After giving them a severe beating, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them locked up.

²⁴ The jailer followed his orders. He threw Paul and Silas into the inner cell and shackled their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

²⁶ Suddenly a tremendous earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. Immediately all the doors flew open and everyone's chains fell off.

²⁷ The jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison wide open. He drew his sword and was about to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸ But Paul shouted out, “Don't hurt yourself—we're all still here!”

²⁹ The jailer asked for lights to be brought and rushed in. Shaking with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas.

² Of whom the brethren which were at Lystra and Iconium, reported well.

³ Therefore Paul would that he should go forth with him, and tooke and circumcised him, because of ye Iewes, which were in those quarters: for they knewe all, that his father was a Grecian.

⁴ And as they went through the cities, they deliuered them the decrees to keepe, ordeined of the Apostles and Elders, which were at Hierusalem.

⁵ And so were the Churches stablished in the faith, and encreased in number daily.

⁶ Nowe when they had gone throughout Phrygia, and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden of the holy Ghost to preache the worde in Asia.

⁷ Then came they to Mysia, and sought to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

⁸ Therefore they passed through Mysia, and came downe to Troas,

⁹ Where a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stoode a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come into Macedonia, and helpe vs.

¹⁰ And after he had seene the vision, immediatly we prepared to goe into Macedonia, being assured that the Lord had called vs to preache the Gospel vnto them.

¹¹ Then went we forth from Troas, and with a straight course came to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis,

¹² And from thence to Philippi, which is the chiefe citie in ye partes of Macedonia, and whose inhabitants came from Rome to dwell there, and we were in that citie abiding certaine dayes.

¹³ And 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.

¹⁴ And 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.

¹⁵ And 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.

¹⁶ And 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.

¹⁷ She 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.

¹⁸ And 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.

¹⁹ Nowe 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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁶ And 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.

²⁷ Then 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.

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

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

² which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

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.

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.

⁵ And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

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,

⁷ after they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

⁸ And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.

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.

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.

¹¹ Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

¹⁹ And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place unto the rulers,

²⁰ and brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

²¹ and teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

²² And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

²⁴ who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

²⁵ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

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.

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.

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

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

² who was well a spoken of by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.

³ Him Paul wished to go forth with him, and took and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ And as they journeyed through the cities, they delivered to them for their observance the decrees which had been ordained by the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.

⁵ The churches therefore were established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁶ And having gone through Phrygia and the Galatian country, on being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia,

⁷ they came to Mysia, and were attempting to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

⁸ And passing by Mysia, they came to Troas.

⁹ And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stood a man of Macedonia beseeching him and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.

¹⁰ And when he had seen the vision, we immediately endeavored to go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to publish the glad tidings to them.

¹¹ And setting sail from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis;

¹² and thence to Philippi, which is a chief city of the province of Macedonia, a colony. And we remained in the city some days.

¹³ And on the sabbath-day we went forth out of the gate to a river-side, where was wont to be a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had assembled.

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

¹⁵ And when she had been baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be a believer in the Lord, come into my house, and abide. And she constrained us.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain bond-maid having a soothsaying spirit met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

¹⁷ This woman followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who announce to you the way of salvation.

¹⁸ And this she did for many days. But Paul, being much displeased, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out immediately.

¹⁹ But her masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, laid hold of Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the market-place to the rulers;

²⁰ and having brought them before the magistrates, said, These men are grievously disturbing our city, being Jews;

²¹ and they teach customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to receive or observe.

²² And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates, tearing off their clothes, commanded to beat them with rods;

²³ and when they had laid on them many stripes, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely;

²⁴ who having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

²⁵ But at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing praises to God; and the prisoners were listening to them.

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

²⁷ And the jailer awakening out of sleep, and seeing the prison-doors open, drew his sword, and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

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

²⁹ Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas;

² and who was well spoken of by the followers of the Lord in Lystra and Iconium.

³ Wishing to take this man with him on his journey, Paul caused him to be circumcised out of consideration for the Jews in that region, for they all knew that his father had been a Greek.

⁴ As they travelled from town to town, they gave the followers the decisions which had been reached by the apostles and church elders at Jerusalem, for them to observe.

⁵ So the churches grew stronger in the faith, and increased in numbers from day to day.

⁶ They next went through the Phrygian district of Galatia, but were restrained by the Holy Spirit from delivering the message in Roman Asia.

⁷ When they reached the borders of Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

⁸ Passing through Mysia, they went down to Troas;

⁹ and there one night Paul saw a vision. A Macedonian was standing and appealing to him — ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’

¹⁰ So, immediately after Paul had seen the vision, we looked for an opportunity to cross over to Macedonia, concluding that God had summoned us to tell the good news to the people there.

¹¹ Accordingly we set sail from Troas, and ran before the wind to Samothrace, reaching Neapolis the next day.

¹² From there we made our way to Philippi, which is the principal city of that part of Macedonia, and also a Roman Settlement. In that city we spent several days.

¹³ On the Sabbath we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and talked to the women who were gathered there.

¹⁴ Amongst them was a woman, named Lydia, belonging to Thyatira, a dealer in purple cloth, who was accustomed to join in the worship of God. The Lord touched this woman's heart, so that she gave attention to the message delivered by Paul,

¹⁵ and, when she and her household had been baptised, she urged us to become her guests. “Since you have shown your conviction,” she said, “that I really am a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she insisted on our doing so.

¹⁶ One day, as we were on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a girl possessed by a divining spirit, who made large profits for her masters by fortune-telling.

¹⁷ This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, calling, “These men are servants of the most high God, and they are bringing you news of a way to salvation.”

¹⁸ She had been doing this for several days, when Paul, much vexed, turned and said to the spirit within her, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to leave her.” That very moment the spirit left her.

¹⁹ When her masters saw that there was no hope of further profit from her, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the public square to the authorities,

²⁰ and took them before the Magistrates. “These men are causing a great disturbance in our town,” they complained;

²¹ “They are Jews, and they are teaching customs which it is not right for us, as Romans, to sanction or adopt.”

²² The mob rose as one person against them, and the Magistrates stripped them of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

²³ After beating them severely, the Magistrates put them in prison, with orders to the jailer to keep them in safe custody.

²⁴ On receiving so strict an order, the Governor put them into the inner cell, and secured their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and while the prisoners were listening to them,

²⁶ suddenly there was an earthquake of such violence that the jail was shaken to its foundations; all the doors flew open, and all the prisoners' chains were loosened.

²⁷ Roused from his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, the Governor drew his sword intending to kill himself, in the belief that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸ But Paul called our loudly, “Do not harm yourself; we are all here.”

²⁹ Calling for a light, the Governor rushed in, and flung himself trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

² and who was well spoken of by the followers of the Lord in Lystra and Iconium.

³ Wishing to take this man with him on his journey, Paul caused him to be circumcised out of consideration for the Jews in that region, for they all knew that his father had been a Greek.

⁴ As they traveled from town to town, they gave the followers the decisions which had been reached by the apostles and church elders at Jerusalem, for them to observe.

⁵ So the churches grew stronger in the faith, and increased in numbers from day to day.

⁶ They next went through the Phrygian district of Galatia, but were restrained by the Holy Spirit from delivering the message in Roman Asia.

⁷ When they reached the borders of Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

⁸ Passing through Mysia, they went down to Troas;

⁹ and there one night Paul saw a vision. A Macedonian was standing and appealing to him — ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’

¹⁰ So, immediately after Paul had seen the vision, we looked for an opportunity to cross over to Macedonia, concluding that God had summoned us to tell the good news to the people there.

¹¹ Accordingly we set sail from Troas, and ran before the wind to Samothrace, reaching Neapolis the next day.

¹² From there we made our way to Philippi, which is the principal city of that part of Macedonia, and also a Roman Settlement. In that city we spent several days.

¹³ On the Sabbath we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and talked to the women who were gathered there.

¹⁴ Among them was a woman, named Lydia, belonging to Thyatira, a dealer in purple cloth, who was accustomed to join in the worship of God. The Lord touched this woman's heart, so that she gave attention to the message delivered by Paul,

¹⁵ and, when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us to become her guests. “Since you have shown your conviction,” she said, “that I really am a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she insisted on our doing so.

¹⁶ One day, as we were on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a girl possessed by a divining spirit, who made large profits for her masters by fortune-telling.

¹⁷ This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, calling, “These men are servants of the most high God, and they are bringing you news of a way to salvation.”

¹⁸ She had been doing this for several days, when Paul, much vexed, turned and said to the spirit within her, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to leave her.” That very moment the spirit left her.

¹⁹ When her masters saw that there was no hope of further profit from her, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the public square to the authorities,

²⁰ and took them before the Magistrates. “These men are causing a great disturbance in our town,” they complained;

²¹ “They are Jews, and they are teaching customs which it is not right for us, as Romans, to sanction or adopt.”

²² The mob rose as one person against them, and the Magistrates stripped them of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

²³ After beating them severely, the Magistrates put them in prison, with orders to the jailer to keep them in safe custody.

²⁴ On receiving so strict an order, the Governor put them into the inner cell, and secured their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and while the prisoners were listening to them,

²⁶ suddenly there was an earthquake of such violence that the jail was shaken to its foundations; all the doors flew open, and all the prisoners' chains were loosened.

²⁷ Roused from his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, the Governor drew his sword intending to kill himself, in the belief that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸ But Paul called our loudly, “Do not harm yourself; we are all here.”

²⁹ Calling for a light, the Governor rushed in, and flung himself trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

² All the Christians in Lystra and Iconium said that Timothy was a good man.

³ But the Jewish people in those places knew that Timothy’s father was Greek, and they knew that the Greek people don’t do a young man’s operation on their boys, like the Jewish people do. Paul wanted Timothy to go around with him to a lot of places, and he wanted the Jewish mob in every place to be happy with Timothy, so he got them to do a young man’s operation on Timothy.

⁴ Then Paul, Silas and Timothy went to the towns in that country, and they told the Christians the things the leaders in Jerusalem talked about, and they told them to do everything those leaders said in their letter.

⁵ So the people in the churches in those places trusted Jesus more strongly, and every day other people joined them and trusted in Jesus too.

⁶ Paul and his friends wanted to tell the message about Jesus to the people in the country called Asia, but the Holy Spirit told them, “No, don’t do that.” So they went through the countries called Phrygia and Galatia.

⁷ Then they came to the country called Mysia, and they tried to go on into the next country, called Bithynia. But the Holy Spirit said again, “No, don’t do that.”

⁸ So they went past Mysia and came to the town called Troas.

⁹ They stayed at Troas, and that night Paul had something like a dream, but he was not asleep, he was still awake. He saw a man from Macedonia country. That man stood there and kept telling Paul, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

¹⁰ I, Luke, joined with Paul and Silas there at Troas. Paul told us what he saw, and then we knew that God wanted us to tell the good news to the people in Macedonia, and we got ready to go there.

¹¹ We got on a ship and went straight to the town called Samothrace, and the next day we came to the town called Neapolis.

¹² We left the ship there and we went by road to the town called Philippi, and we stayed there for a few days. Philippi was the main town in that part of Macedonia, and a lot of Roman people lived there.

¹³ On the next Saturday we went outside the town to a place near the river. We thought we might see some Jewish people meeting there to pray. Some women were there, and we sat down and talked with them.

¹⁴ One woman was from the town called Thyatira, and her name was Lydia. She was a woman that respected God. Her job was to sell purple cloth. She listened carefully to the things Paul talked about, and Jesus helped her to believe in him.

¹⁵ Then we baptised Lydia and her family. After that Lydia asked us to come and stay at her house. She said, “You mob know that I really believe now in Jesus, our leader, so please come and stay at my place.” She kept asking us until we agreed, so we stayed at her place.

¹⁶ Another day we started to go to another place to meet with people and pray to God. There was a young woman on that road that had a bad spirit in her. That spirit showed her things that were going to happen to people. Some men made this young woman work for them with no pay. People used to pay a lot of money to her bosses, then she told those people things that will happen to them.

¹⁷ That young woman saw Paul and the rest of us going on that road, and she followed us, and she kept on shouting, “Hey, these men serve the God that is the greatest of all gods. They can tell you what to do so that God will save you and not punish you.”

¹⁸ She kept doing that for a lot of days. In the end Paul got upset. He turned around to the young woman and said to that bad spirit, “My boss, Jesus Christ, says, ‘Get out of her.’” Then the bad spirit came out of that young woman.

¹⁹ Her bosses saw this happen and they thought, “Oh, no. Now she will not be able to tell anybody what will happen to them, and she will not get us any more money.” And her bosses were angry with Paul and Silas. They grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them to the Roman judges in the middle of that town.

²⁰ Her bosses said to the judges, “These men are making a lot of trouble for everyone in our town. They are Jews,

²¹ and they are telling people to do things that our Roman law says are wrong.”

²² A lot of other people there joined those bosses and started blaming Paul and Silas. Then the Roman bosses told their soldiers, “Rip the shirts off Paul and Silas and hit them with sticks.”

²³ The soldiers hit Paul and Silas really hard with sticks and then they put them in the jail. They told the boss of that jail, “Make sure Paul and Silas don’t get away.”

²⁴ So the boss of that jail put them in a room that was right in the middle of that jail, and he made them sit down on the ground, then he locked their ankles between 2 big logs so that Paul and Silas couldn’t move their legs.

²⁵ Later, in the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were praying aloud to God and saying that he is really good, and they were singing songs to God. The other prisoners were listening to them.

²⁶ Suddenly there was a very big earthquake. It shook the jail, and even the cement underneath it, and all the doors of the jail swung open, and all the chains fell off the arms and legs of the prisoners.

²⁷ The jail boss woke up and saw that the doors of the jail were open, and he thought, “Those prisoners have all run away. I’m in big trouble.” So he got his big knife to kill himself.

²⁸ Paul saw the jail boss and shouted to him, “Don’t hurt yourself. We are all here.”

²⁹ The jail boss told somebody to bring some lights, then he ran into the jail and got down in front of Paul and Silas, to show them respect. He was very afraid. He was shaking.

² Of whom reported well the brethren of Lystra and of Iconium.

³ The same Paul wolde that he shuld goo forth with him and toke and circumcised him because of the Iewes which were in those quarters: for they knewe all that his father was a Greke.

⁴ As they went thorow the cities they delyvered the the decrees for to kepe ordeyned of the Apostles and elders which were at Ierusalem.

⁵ And so were the congregacions stablisshed in the fayth and encreased in noumbre dayly.

⁶ When they had goone thorow out Phrigia and the region of Galacia and were forbydde of the holy gost to preach the worde in Asia

⁷ they came to Misia and sought to goo into Bethinia. But the sprete soffered them not.

⁸ Then they went over Misia and cam doune to Troada.

⁹ And a vision appered to Paul in the nyght. There stode a man of Macedonia and prayed him sayinge: come into Macedonia and helpe vs.

¹⁰ After he had sene the vision immediatly we prepared to goo into Macedonia certified that the lorde had called vs for to preache the gospell vnto them.

¹¹ Then lowsed we forth from Troada and with a strayght course came to Samothracia and the nexte daye to Neapolim

¹² and from thence to Philippos which is the chefest citie in the partes of Macedonia and a fre cite. We were in that cite abydynge a certayne dayes.

¹³ And on the saboth dayes we went out of the cite besydes a ryver where men were wont to praye and we sate doune and spake vnto the wemen which resorted thyther.

¹⁴ And a certayne woman named Lydia a seller of purple of the cite of Thiatira which worshipped God gave vs audience. Whose hert the Lorde opened that she attended vnto the thinges which Paul spake.

¹⁵ When she was baptised and her housholde she besought vs sayinge: Yf ye thinke that I beleve on the Lorde come into my housse and abyde there. And she constrayned vs.

¹⁶ And it fortuned as we went to prayer a certayn damsell possessed with a sprete that prophesied met vs which brought her master and mastres moche vauntage with prophesyinge.

¹⁷ The same folowed Paul and vs and cryed sayinge: these men are the servauntes of the most hye God which shewe vnto vs the waye of salvacion.

¹⁸ And this dyd she many dayes. But Paul not content, turned about and sayd to the sprete: I commaunde the in the name of Iesu Christ that thou come out of her. And he came out the same houre.

¹⁹ And when her master and mastres sawe that the hope of their gaynes was gone they caught Paul and Sylas and drue the into the market place vnto the rulars

²⁰ and brought them to the officers sayinge: These men trouble oure cite which are Iewes

²¹ and preache ordinaunces which are not laufull for vs to receave nether to observe seinge we are Romayns.

²² And the people ranne on them and the officers rent their clothes and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes.

²³ And when they had beaten them sore they cast them into preson commaundynge the iayler to kepe them surely.

²⁴ Which iayler when he had receaved suche commaundment thrust them into the ynner preson and made their fete fast in the stockes.

²⁵ At mydnyght Paul and Sylas prayed and lauded God. And the presoners hearde them.

²⁶ And sodenly ther was a greate erth quake so that the fonndacion of the preson was shaken and by and by all the dores opened and every mannes bondes were lowsed.

²⁷ When the keper of the preson waked out of his slepe and sawe the preson dores open he drue out his swearde and wolde have kylled him selfe supposynge the presoners had bene fledde.

²⁸ But Paul cryed with a lowde voyce sayinge: Do thy selfe no harme for we are all heare.

²⁹ Then he called for a lyght and sprange in and came tremblynge and fell doune before Paul and Sylas

² He was well spoken of by the brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium.

³ Paul wanted him to travel with him; so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to the churches the instructions for them to obey, the instructions that had been written by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem.

⁵ So the churches were strengthened in the faith and increased in number daily.

⁶ Paul and his companions went through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia, since they had been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the word in the province of Asia.

⁷ When they came near Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus prevented them.

⁸ So passing by Mysia, they came down to the city of Troas.

⁹ A vision appeared to Paul in the night: A man of Macedonia was standing there, calling him and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

¹⁰ When Paul had seen the vision, immediately we set out to go to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the gospel to them.

¹¹ Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day we came to Neapolis.

¹² From there we went to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the most important city in the district and a Roman colony, and we stayed in this city for several days.

¹³ On the Sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer. We sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

¹⁴ A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.

¹⁵ When she and her house were baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay in house.” And she persuaded us.

¹⁶ It came about that, as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain young woman who had a spirit of divination encountered us. She brought her masters much gain by fortunetelling.

¹⁷ This woman followed after Paul and us and shouted, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God. They proclaim to you the way of salvation.”

¹⁸ She did this for many days. But Paul, being greatly annoyed by her, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out right away.

¹⁹ When her masters saw that their opportunity to make money was now gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are stirring up our city. They are Jews.

²¹ They proclaim customs that are not lawful for Romans to accept or practice.”

²² Then the crowd rose up together against Paul and Silas; the magistrates tore their garments off them and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many blows upon them, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to keep them securely.

²⁴ After he got this command, the jailer threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

²⁶ Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's chains were unfastened.

²⁷ The jailer was awakened from sleep and saw the open prison doors; he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he thought that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸ But Paul shouted with a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, because we are all here.”

²⁹ The jailer called for lights and rushed in and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,

² The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.

³ Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.

⁵ So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁶ When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

⁷ When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.

⁸ Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁹ A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

¹⁰ When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.

¹¹ Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

¹² and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

¹³ On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

¹⁴ A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

¹⁵ When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

¹⁶ As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.

¹⁷ Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”

¹⁸ She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

²⁴ Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

²⁶ Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.

²⁷ The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸ But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”

²⁹ He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

² The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.

³ Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.

⁵ So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁶ When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

⁷ When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.

⁸ Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁹ A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

¹⁰ When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.

¹¹ Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

¹² and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

¹³ On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

¹⁴ A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshipped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

¹⁵ When she and her household were baptised, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

¹⁶ As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.

¹⁷ Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”

¹⁸ She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

²⁴ Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

²⁶ Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.

²⁷ The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸ But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”

²⁹ He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

² Who was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

³ Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those quarters: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep that were ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.

⁵ And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁶ Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia, and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia;

⁷ After they had come to Mysia, they essayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

⁸ And they, passing by Mysia, came down to Troas.

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.

¹⁰ And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering, that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.

¹¹ Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

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.

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 spoke to the women who resorted thither .

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, heard us : whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended to the things which were spoken by Paul.

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.

¹⁶ And it came to pass as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination, met us, who brought her masters much gain by sooth-saying:

¹⁷ The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who show to us the way of salvation.

¹⁸ And this she did 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.

¹⁹ And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place to the rulers,

²⁰ And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

²¹ And teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

²² And the multitude rose together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them .

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

²⁴ Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

²⁵ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God: and the prisoners heard them.

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.

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 fled.

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

²⁹ Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas;

² The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.

³ Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the emissaries and elders who were at Jerusalem.

⁵ So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁶ When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

⁷ When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.

⁸ Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁹ A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

¹⁰ When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to proclaim the Good News to them.

¹¹ Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

¹² and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

¹³ On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

¹⁴ A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

¹⁵ When she and her household were immersed, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

¹⁶ As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.

¹⁷ Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”

¹⁸ She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Yeshua the Messiah to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

²⁴ Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

²⁶ Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.

²⁷ The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸ But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”

²⁹ He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

² The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.

³ Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the emissaries and elders who were at Jerusalem.

⁵ So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁶ When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

⁷ When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.

⁸ Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁹ A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

¹⁰ When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to proclaim the Good News to them.

¹¹ Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

¹² and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

¹³ On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

¹⁴ A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshipped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

¹⁵ When she and her household were immersed, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

¹⁶ As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.

¹⁷ Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”

¹⁸ She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Yeshua the Messiah to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

²⁴ Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

²⁶ Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.

²⁷ The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸ But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”

²⁹ He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

² And the brethren that were in Lystra and Iconium, yielded good witnessing to him.

³ And Paul would, that this man should go forth with him, and he took, and circumcised him, for Jews that were in those places. For all knew, that his father was heathen.

⁴ When they passed by cities, they betook to them to keep the teachings, that were deemed of apostles and elder men, that were at Jerusalem.

⁵ And the churches were confirmed in faith, and increased in number each day.

⁶ And they passed Phrygia, and the country of Galatia, and were forbid-den of the Holy Ghost to speak the word of God in Asia.

⁷ And when they came to Mysia, they assayed or attempted to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus suffered not them or suffered them not.

⁸ But when they had passed by Mysia, they came down to Troas;

⁹ and a vision by night or in night, was showed to Paul. But a man or Some man of Macedonia that stood, prayed him, and said, Go thou into Macedonia, and help us.

¹⁰ And as he had seen the vision, anon we sought to go forth into Macedonia, and were made certain, that God had called us to preach or to evangelize to them.

¹¹ And we went by ship from Troas, and came to Samothracia with straight course; and the day pursuing to Neapolis;

¹² and from thence to Philippi, that is the first part of Macedonia, the city colony. And we were in this city some days, and spake together.

¹³ And in the day of sabbaths we went forth without the gate beside the flood, where prayer seemed to be or was seen to be; and we sat, and spake to women that came together.

¹⁴ And a woman, Lydia by name, a purpless of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, heard; whose heart the Lord opened to give attention to these things, that were said of Paul.

¹⁵ And when she was baptized and her house, she prayed, and said, If ye have deemed that I am faithful to the Lord, enter ye into mine house, and dwell. And she constrained us.

¹⁶ And it was done, when we went to prayer, that a damsel or a wench that had a spirit of divination, met us, which gave great winning to her lords in divining.

¹⁷ This pursued Paul and us, and cried, and said, These men be servants of the high God, that tell to you the way of health.

¹⁸ And this she did in many days. And Paul sorrowed, and turned, and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ, that thou go out of her. And he went out in the same hour.

¹⁹ And the lords of her saw, that the hope of their winning went away, and they took Paul and Silas, and led them into the chapping, either doom place, to the princes.

²⁰ And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, These men disturb or distrouble our city, for they be Jews,

²¹ and show a custom, which it is not leaveful to us to receive, neither do, since we be Romans.

²² And the people and magistrates ran against them, and when they had rent to pieces the coats of them, they commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ And when they had given to them many wounds, they sent them into prison, and commanded to the keeper, that he should keep them diligently.

²⁴ And when he had taken such a precept, he put them into the inner prison, and restrained the feet of them in a tree.

²⁵ And at midnight Paul and Silas worshipped, and praised God; and they that were in the keeping, heard them.

²⁶ And suddenly a great earth-moving was made, so that the foundaments of the prison were moved. And anon all the doors were opened, and the bonds of all were loosed.

²⁷ And the keeper of the prison was awaked, and saw the gates of the prison opened, and with a sword drawn out he would have slain himself, and guessed that the men that were bound had fled.

²⁸ But Paul cried with a great voice, and said, Do thou none harm or nothing of evil to thyself, for all we be here.

²⁹ And he asked light, and entered, and trembled, and fell down to Paul and to Silas at their feet.

² And the brethren that were in Lystra and Iconium, yielded good witnessing to him. (And the brothers who were in Lystra and Iconium, testified good things about him, or spoke approvingly about him.)

³ And Paul would, that this man should go forth with him, and he took, and circumcised him, for (the) Jews that were in those places. For all knew, that his father was heathen. (And Paul wanted, that this man would go forth with him, and he took, and circumcised him, for the Jews who were in those places. For everyone knew, that his father was a Gentile.)

⁴ When they passed by (the) cities, they betook to them to keep the teachings, that were deemed of (the) apostles and elder men, that were at Jerusalem.

⁵ And the churches were confirmed in faith, and increased in number each day.

⁶ And they passed (through) Phrygia, and the country of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to speak the word of God in Asia (or but they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word of God in Asia).

⁷ And when they came to Mysia, they assayed or they attempted to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus suffered not them, or and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not, (or but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them).

⁸ But when they had passed by Mysia, they came down to Troas;

⁹ and a vision by night, or in (the) night, was showed to Paul. But a man of Macedonia or Some man of Macedonia that stood, prayed him (or beseeched him), and said, Go thou into Macedonia, and help us.

¹⁰ And as he had seen the vision, anon we sought to go forth into Macedonia (or at once we took action to go forth to Macedonia), and were made certain, that God had called us to preach or to evangelize to them.

¹¹ And we went by ship from Troas, and came to Samothracia with straight course, or Soothly we going by boat, or sailing, from Troas, with straight course came to Samothracia; and the day (pur)suing to Neapolis (or and the following day to Neapolis);

¹² and from thence to Philippi, that is the first part of Macedonia, the city colony. And we were in this city some days, and spake together.

¹³ And in the day of sabbaths we went forth without the gate beside the river, where prayer seemed to be or where prayer was seen to be; and we sat, and spake to women that came together.

¹⁴ And a woman, Lydia by name, a purpless of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, heard; whose heart the Lord opened to give attention to these things, that were said of Paul.

¹⁵ And when she was baptized and her house, she prayed (or she beseeched us), and said, If ye have deemed that I am faithful to the Lord, enter ye into mine house, and dwell (there). And she constrained us.

¹⁶ And it was done, when we went to prayer, that a damsel or a wench that had a spirit of divination, met us, which gave great winning to her lords in divining, (or who brought much profit to her masters by her divining, or through her fortune-telling).

¹⁷ This (woman) (pur)sued Paul and us, and cried, and said, These men be servants of the high God, that tell to you the way of health. (She followed Paul and the rest of us, and cried, and said, These men be servants of the Most High God, who can tell you the way of salvation.)

¹⁸ And this she did in many days (or And she did this for many days). And Paul sorrowed, and turned, and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ, that thou go out of her. And he went out in the same hour.

¹⁹ And the lords of her saw, that the hope of their winning went away, and they took (hold of) Paul and Silas, and led them into the chapping, either doom place, to the princes. (And her masters saw, that their hope for more profit went away, and they took hold of Paul and Silas, and led (them) to the market, (or to the seat of judgement), that is, the city square, to the city leaders.)

²⁰ And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, These men disturb or distrouble our city, for they be Jews,

²¹ and show a custom, which it is not leaveful to us to receive (or which it is not lawful for us to accept), neither do, since we be Romans.

²² And the people and magistrates ran against them, and when they had rent to pieces the coats of them (or and when they had torn their coats to pieces), they commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ And when they had given to them many wounds, they sent them into prison, and commanded to the keeper, that he should keep them diligently. (And after they had given them many wounds, they threw them into prison, and commanded the warden of the prison, that he should guard them carefully.)

²⁴ And when he had taken such a precept, he put them into the inner prison, and restrained the feet of them in a tree (or and restrained their feet in the stocks).

²⁵ And at midnight Paul and Silas worshipped, and praised God; and they that were in the keeping (or and those who were in the prison), heard them.

²⁶ And suddenly a great earth-moving was made, so that the foundaments of the prison were moved. And anon all the doors were opened, and the bonds of all were loosed. (And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so strong that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And at once all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.)

²⁷ And the keeper of the prison was awaked (or And the warden of the prison was awakened), and saw the gates of the prison opened, and with a sword drawn out he would have slain himself, and guessed that the men that were bound had fled.

²⁸ But Paul cried with a great voice, and said, Do thou none harm to thyself or Do thou nothing of evil to thyself, for all we be here. (But Paul cried with a loud voice, and said, Do not harm thyself, for all of us still be here.)

²⁹ And he asked (for) light, and entered in, and trembled, and fell down to Paul and to Silas at their feet.

² who was well testified to by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium;

³ this one did Paul wish to go forth with him, and having taken him, he circumcised him, because of the Jews who are in those places, for they all knew his father — that he was a Greek.

⁴ And as they were going on through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, that have been judged by the apostles and the elders who are in Jerusalem,

⁵ then, indeed, were the assemblies established in the faith, and were abounding in number every day;

⁶ and having gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

⁷ having gone toward Mysia, they were trying to go on toward Bithynia, and the Spirit did not suffer them,

⁸ and having passed by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁹ And a vision through the night appeared to Paul — a certain man of Macedonia was standing, calling upon him, and saying, 'Having passed through to Macedonia, help us;' —

¹⁰ and when he saw the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go forth to Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord hath called us to preach good news to them,

¹¹ having set sail, therefore, from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, on the morrow also to Neapolis,

¹² thence also to Philippi, which is a principal city of the part of Macedonia — a colony. And we were in this city abiding certain days,

¹³ on the sabbath-day also we went forth outside of the city, by a river, where there used to be prayer, and having sat down, we were speaking to the women who came together,

¹⁴ and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul;

¹⁵ and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, 'If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us.

¹⁶ And it came to pass in our going on to prayer, a certain maid, having a spirit of Python, did meet us, who brought much employment to her masters by soothsaying,

¹⁷ she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;'

¹⁸ and this she was doing for many days, but Paul having been grieved, and having turned, said to the spirit, 'I command thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come forth from her;' and it came forth the same hour.

¹⁹ And her masters having seen that the hope of their employment was gone, having caught Paul and Silas, drew them to the market-place, unto the rulers,

²⁰ and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, 'These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;

²¹ and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.'

²² And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat them with rods,

²³ many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,

²⁴ who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.

²⁵ And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

²⁶ and suddenly a great earthquake came, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, opened also presently were all the doors, and of all — the bands were loosed;

²⁷ and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,

²⁸ and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Thou mayest not do thyself any harm, for we are all here.'

²⁹ And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,