Acts 16:1-12 ▼

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.

2 And all the disciples of Lys’tra and I-co’nium gave good testimony concerning 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

8 And when they had left Mys’ia, they came to the country of Tro’as.

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.

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.

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;

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.