Acts 16 Parallel Bible

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1	THEN he arrived at the city of Der’be and Lys’tra: there was there a disciple whose name was Timo’the-us, the son of a Jewess convert, but whose father was a Syr’ian.	Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.	Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek.
2	And all the disciples of Lys’tra and I-co’nium gave good testimony concerning him.	He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium.	The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
3	Paul wanted to take this man with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region; for they all knew that his father was a Syr’i-an.	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 a Greek.	Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
4	And as they went through the cities, they preached and taught the people to obey the decrees which the apostles and elders had written at Jerusalem.	As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.	As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
5	And so the churches were established in the faith, and increased in number daily.	So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily.	So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.
6	Then they traveled through the countries of Phryg’i-a and Ga-la’tia, and the Holy Spirit forbade them to speak the word of God in Asia Minor.	And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.	Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.
7	And when they came to the country of Mys’ia, they wanted to go from thence to Bi-thyn’i-a: but the spirit of Jesus permitted them not.	And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.	When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.
8	And when they had left Mys’ia, they came to the country of Tro’as.	So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.	So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.
9	And, in a vision of the night, there appeared to Paul a man resembling a Mac-edo’ni- an, standing and begging him, saying, Come over to Mac-e-do’ni-a and help me.	And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”	During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
10	And after Paul had seen this vision, we were desirous to leave for Mac-e-do’ni-a at once, because we understood that our LORD had called us to preach the gospel to them.	And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.	After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
11	When we sailed from Tro’as, we came in a direct course to Sam-o-thra’cia, and from thence on the following day, we came to the city Ne-ap’o-lis;	So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis,	From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis.
12	And from thence to Phi-lip’pi, which is the capital of Mac-e-do’ni-a, and is a colony: and we were in that city on some holidays.	and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days.	From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
13	And on the sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the river side because a house of prayer was seen there, and when we were seated, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.	And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.	On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.
14	And a certain woman, named Lyd’i-a, a seller of purple of the city of Thy-a-ti’ra, feared God; her heart was so touched by our LORD that she listened to what Paul said.	One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.	One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
15	And she was baptized together with her household, and she begged us, saying, If you are sincerely convinced that I believe in our LORD, come and stay in my house; and she urged us strongly.	And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.	When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
16	And it came to pass, as we went to the house of prayer, we were met by a young girl who was possessed of a spirit, and who did for her masters a great business by fortune telling.	As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.	Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.
17	And she followed Paul and us, crying and saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, and they preach to you the way of salvation.	She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.”	She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.”
18	And she did this for many days. So Paul was indignant and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it left her the same hour.	And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly 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.	She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her.
19	And when her masters saw that the hope for their business was lost with her power, they seized Paul and Silas and beat them and brought them to the market place.	But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.	When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.
20	And they brought them before the soldiers and the city magistrates and said, These men are Jews, and they create disturbances in our city,	And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city.	They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar
21	And they preach customs to us which are not lawful for us to accept and practice, because we are Romans.	They advocate customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or practice.”	by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”
22	And a large crowd gathered against them. Then the soldiers stripped them of their clothes and gave command to scourge them.	The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.	The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.
23	And when they had flogged them severely, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to watch them carefully. Paul and Silas in prison.	And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely.	After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.
24	He, having received the charge, brought them in and put them into the inner chamber of the prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks.	Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.	When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25	Now at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and glorified God; and the prisoners heard them.	About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,	About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other 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 the bands of all were loosed.	and 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 unfastened.	Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.
27	When the keeper of the prison awoke, and saw that the prison doors were open, he took a sword and would have killed himself, for he thought the prisoners had escaped.	When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.	The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.
28	But Paul cried with a loud voice and said to him, Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.	But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”	But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”
29	Then he lighted a lamp, and sprang in, trembling, and threw himself at the feet of Paul and Silas.	And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas.	The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
30	And he brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?	Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”	He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31	And they said to him, Believe in our LORD Jesus Christ, and both you and your household will be saved.	And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”	They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
32	And they spoke to him the word of the LORD, and to all who were of his household.	And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.	Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house.
33	And he took them at that hour of the night and washed their wounds; and then was baptized in that very hour, he and all his household.	And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.	At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.
34	And when he had brought them up into his house, he set food before them; and he and all the members of his household rejoiced, believing in God.	Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.	The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.
35	In the morning, the soldiers sent the lictors to tell the prison warden to release those men.	But when it was day, the magistrates sent the police, saying, “Let those men go.”	When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: “Release those men.”
36	And when the keeper of the prison heard this, he went in and told Paul, saying, The soldiers have sent orders to release you: now therefore depart, and go in peace.	And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go. Therefore come out now and go in peace.”	The jailer told Paul, “The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace.”
37	But Paul said to him, Not having committed any offense, they flogged us, Roman citizens, in the presence of the people, and they cast us into prison; and now do they let us out secretly? No verily; let them come themselves and fetch us out.	But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.”	But Paul said to the officers: “They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out.”
38	And the lictors went and told the soliers these words which were told to them: and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid.	The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.	The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed.
39	And they came to them and urged them to get out and depart from the city.	So they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and asked them to leave the city.	They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city.
40	And they went out of the prison and entered into the house of Lydia where they saw the brethren and comforted them, and departed.	So they went out of the prison and visited Lydia. And when they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them and departed.	After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house, where they met with the brothers and sisters and encouraged them. Then they left.
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