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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Paul also went to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish wife whose husband was a Greek. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Timothy was highly regarded by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Paul wanted this man to go with him, so he took him and had him circumcised because of the Jews who lived in that region, since everyone knew that Timothy's father was a Greek. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for them to obey. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5So the churches continued to be strengthened in the faith and to increase in numbers every day. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Because they had been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia, Paul and Timothy went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7They went as far as Mysia and tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them, |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8so they bypassed Mysia and went down to Troas. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9During the night Paul had a vision. A man from Macedonia was standing there and pleading with him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us!" |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10As soon as he had seen the vision, we immediately looked for a way to go to Macedonia, because we were convinced that God had called us to tell the people there the good news. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Sailing from Troas, we went straight to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12and from there to Philippi, an important city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We were in this city for several days. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13On the Sabbath day, we went out the city gate and walked along the river, where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sat down and began talking to the women who had gathered there. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in purple goods, was listening to us. She was a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to listen carefully to what was being said by Paul. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15When she and her family were baptized, she urged us, "If you are convinced that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home." And she continued to insist that we do so. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Once, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit of fortune-telling and who had brought her owners a great deal of money by predicting the future. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17She would follow Paul and us and shout, "These men are servants of the Most High God and are proclaiming to you a way of salvation!" |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18She kept doing this for many days until Paul became annoyed, turned to her and told the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus the Messiah to come out of her!" And it came out that very moment. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities who met together in the public square. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are stirring up a lot of trouble in our city. They are Jews |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21and are advocating customs that we're not allowed to accept or practice as Romans." |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22The crowd joined in the attack against them. Then the magistrates had Paul and Silas stripped of their clothes and ordered them beaten with rods. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23After giving them a severe beating, they threw them in jail and ordered the jailer to keep them under tight security. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Having received these orders, he put them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in leg irons. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Suddenly, there was an earthquake so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken. All the doors immediately flew open, and everyone's chains were unfastened. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28But Paul shouted in a loud voice, "Don't hurt yourself, because we are all here!" |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29The jailer asked for torches and rushed inside. Trembling as he knelt in front of Paul and Silas, |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30he took them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will be saved." |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and everyone in his home. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33At that hour of the night, he took them and washed their wounds. Then he and his entire family were baptized immediately. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34He brought Paul and Silas upstairs into his house and set food before them. He was thrilled, as was his household, to believe in God. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35When day came, the magistrates sent guards, who commanded, "Release those men." |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36The jailer reported these words to Paul, and added, "The magistrates have sent word to release you. So come out now and go in peace." |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37But Paul told the guards, "The magistrates have had us beaten publicly without a trial and have thrown us into jail, even though we are Roman citizens. Now are they going to throw us out secretly? Certainly not! Have them come and escort us out." |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38The guards reported these words to the magistrates, and they became afraid when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39So the magistrates came, apologized to them, and escorted them out. Then they asked them to leave the city. |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40Leaving the jail, Paul and Silas went to Lydia's house. They saw the brothers, encouraged them, and then left. |
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