Deeds (Act) of Apostles 16:4-31

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

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

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

⁷And 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.

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

⁹and 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.

¹⁰And 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.

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

¹²and 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.

¹³And 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.

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁶And 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.

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

¹⁸And 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.

¹⁹And 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.

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

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

²²And 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.

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

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

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

²⁶And 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.

²⁷And 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.

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

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

³⁰And he brought them withoutforth, and said, Lords, what behooveth me to do, that I be made safe?

³¹And they said, Believe thou in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be safe, and thine house.