1 And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, [the] son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father, VP
2 who was well testified to by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium. VP
3 This [one] Paul wanted to go out with him, and having taken [him], he circumcised him because of the Jews being in those places; for they all knew that his father was a Greek. VP
4 And while they were passing through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep—the [ones] decided on by the apostles and elders who [were] in Jerusalem. VP
5 Therefore indeed the churches were strengthened in the faith and were abounding in number every day. VP
6 And having passed through Phrygia and the Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, VP
7 and having come down to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. VP
8 And having passed by Mysia, they came down to Troas. VP
9 And a vision through the night appeared to Paul: A certain man of Macedonia was standing and beseeching him and saying, “Having passed through into Macedonia, help us.” VP
10 And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out into Macedonia, concluding that God had summoned us to preach the gospel to them. VP
11 And having sailed from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis, VP
12 and from there to Philippi, which is a principal city of the district of Macedonia—a colony. Now we were staying some days in this city. VP
13 And on the day of the Sabbaths, we went outside the gate, by a river, where [there] was customary to be prayer. And having sat down, we were speaking to the women having gathered. VP
14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of [the] city of Thyatira, worshiping God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to attend to the things being spoken by Paul. VP
15 And when she was baptized, and her house, she begged, saying, “If you⁺ have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain.” And she compelled us. VP
16 Now it came to pass [in] our going to the prayer [that] a certain girl having a spirit of Python met us, who was bringing her masters much business by fortune-telling. VP
17 She, having followed after Paul and us, was crying out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you⁺ [the] way of salvation!” VP
18 And she was doing this for many days. And Paul, having been distressed and having turned, said to the spirit, “I command you in [the] name of Jesus Christ to come out from her!” And it came out [the] same hour. VP
19 And her masters, having seen that their hope of business was gone, having taken hold of Paul and Silas, dragged [them] into the marketplace before the rulers. VP
20 And having brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city VP
21 and proclaim customs not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive nor to do.” VP
22 And the crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates, having torn off their garments, were commanding to beat [them] with rods. VP
23 And having laid many blows on them, they cast [them] into prison, having charged the jailer to keep them securely, VP
24 who, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. VP
25 Now toward midnight, Paul and Silas, praying, were singing hymns to God. And the prisoners were listening to them. VP
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened, and the chains of all were loosed. VP
27 And the jailer, having come out of his sleep and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn his sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to have escaped. VP
28 But Paul called out with a great voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!” VP
29 And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and having become terrified, he fell down before Paul and Silas. VP
30 And having brought them out, he was saying, “Sirs, what is necessary for me to do so that I may be saved?” VP
31 And they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your house.” VP
32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him, with all those in his house. VP
33 And having taken them in that hour of the night, he washed [them] from the wounds, and immediately he was baptized, and all his [own]. VP
34 And having brought them into the house, he set a table, and he rejoiced with all [his] household, having believed in God. VP
35 And day having come, the magistrates sent the rod-bearers, saying, “Release those men.” VP
36 And the jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent that you⁺ may be released. Now, therefore, having gone out, go forth in peace.” VP
37 But Paul was saying to them, “Having beaten us publicly, uncondemned men being Romans, they cast [us] into prison, and now do they throw us out secretly? No indeed! But having come themselves, let them bring us out.” VP
38 And the rod-bearers reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid, having heard that they are Romans. VP
39 And having come, they appealed to them, and having brought [them] out, they were asking [them] to go away from the city. VP
40 And having gone out from the prison, they entered into the [house] of Lydia, and having seen [them], they exhorted the brothers and went out. VP