Acts
Acts 16
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Acts 16 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Then came he to and : and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named , the son of a certain woman, which was a , and believed; but his father was a : Which was reported of by the brethren that were at and . Him would have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a . 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 . And so were the churches established in the , and increased in number daily. Now when they had gone throughout and the region of , and were forbidden of the Holy to preach in , After they were come to , they assayed to go into : but the Spirit suffered them not. And they passing by came down to . And a appeared to in the night; There stood a man of , and prayed him, saying, Come over into , and help us. And after he had seen the , immediately we endeavoured to go into , assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the unto them. Therefore loosing from , we came with a straight course to , and the next day to ; And from thence to , which is the chief city of that part of , and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. And the 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. And a certain woman named , a seller of purple, of the city of , which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of . 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. 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: The same followed and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of . And this did she many days. But , being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of to come out of her. And he came out the same hour. And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught and , and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being , do exceedingly trouble our city, And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being . And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely: Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. And at midnight and prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 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. And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his , and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. But cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before and , And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe the Lord , and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go. And the keeper of the prison told this saying to , The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace. But said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being , and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were . And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.