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   13 (Ac 13:14) On the Sabbath we went out of the city to a riverside,   
   where prayer was customarily offered. And we sat down   
   and spoke to the women who had assembled.   
   14 (Lk 24:45; Ac 18:7) A woman named Lydia, a seller of purple fabric   
   of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard us.   
   The Lord opened her heart to acknowledge what Paul said.   
   15 (Ac 11:14; Heb 13:2) When she and her household were baptized,   
   she entreated us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord,   
   come to my house and remain there." And she persuaded us.   
      
   [11] Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to   
   Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;   
   [12] And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of   
   Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.   
   [13] And on the sabbath 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.   
   [14] And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of   
   Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that   
   she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.   
   [15] 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.   
      
   The Imprisonment in Philippi   
      
   16 (1Sa 28:7; 1Ch 10:13) On one occasion, as we went to the place of prayer,   
   a servant girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us,   
   who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.   
   17 (Mk 5:7; Da 3:26) She followed Paul and us, shouting,   
   "These men are servants of the Most High God,   
   who proclaim to us the way of salvation."   
   18 (Mk 16:17; 1:34) She did this for many days. But becoming greatly   
   troubled, Paul turned to the spirit and said,   
   "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her."   
   And it came out at that moment.   
   19 (Ac 21:30; 8:3) When her masters saw that the hope of their profits   
   was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace   
   to the rulers.   
   20 (Ac 28:22) And they brought them to the magistrates, saying,   
   "These men, being Jews, greatly trouble our city   
   21 (Est 3:8; Ac 16:12) and teach customs which are not lawful for us,   
   being Romans, to receive or observe."   
   22 (1Th 2:2; 2Co 6:5) The crowd rose up together against them.   
   And the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them.   
   23 After they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison,   
   commanding the jailer to guard them securely.   
   24 (Job 13:27; 33:11) Having received such an order, he threw them into   
   the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.   
   25 (Job 35:10; Ps 42:8) At midnight Paul and Silas were praying   
   and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.   
   26 (Ac 4:31; 12:7) 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 shackles were loosened.   
   27 (Ac 12:19) When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors open,   
   he drew his sword and would have killed himself,   
   supposing that the prisoners had escaped.   
   28 But Paul shouted, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here."   
   29 He called for lights and rushed in, trembling,   
   and fell down before Paul and Silas.   
   30 (Ac 2:37; 22:10) He then led them out and asked,   
   "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"   
   31 (Mk 16:16; Jn 1:12) They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,   
   and you and your household will be saved."   
   32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him   
   and to all who were in his household.   
   33 (Ac 16:15; 16:25) In that hour of the night he took them   
   and washed their wounds. And immediately he and his entire household   
   were baptized.   
   34 (Ac 2:46) Then he brought them up to his house and set food before them.   
   And he rejoiced with his entire household believing in God.   
   35 When it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying,   
   "Release those men."   
   36 (Ac 15:33) The prison guard reported these words to Paul, saying,   
   "The magistrates have sent to release you.   
   Now therefore depart, and go in peace."   
   37 (Ac 22:25-29) But Paul said to them, "They have publicly beaten us,   
   who are uncondemned Romans, and have thrown us into prison.   
   And now do they secretly throw us out? Certainly not!   
   Let them come themselves and bring us out."   
   38 (Ac 22:29) The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates,   
   and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.   
   39 (Mt 8:34) So they came and entreated them. And they brought them out,   
   asking them to leave the city.   
   40 (Ac 16:14) They went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia.   
   When they had seen the brothers, they exhorted them and departed.   
      
   [16] 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:   
   [17] The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the   
   servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.   
   [18] And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to   
   the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.   
   And he came out the same hour.   
   [19] And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they   
   caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,   
   [20] And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do   
   exceedingly trouble our city,   
   [21] And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to   
   observe, being Romans.   
   [22] And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates   
   rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.   
   [23] And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into   
   prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:   
   [24] Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison,   
   and made their feet fast in the stocks.   
   [25] And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and   
   the prisoners heard 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 every   
   one's bands were loosed.   
   [27] And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the   
   prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself,   
   supposing that the prisoners had been fled.   
   [28] But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we   
   are all here.   
   [29] Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell   
   down before Paul and Silas,   
   [30] And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?   
   [31] And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be   
   saved, and thy house.   
   [32] And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in   
   his house.   
   [33] And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes;   
   and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.   
   [34] And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them,   
   and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.   
   [35] And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let   
   those men go.   
   [36] And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates   
   have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.   
      
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