b.
To Derbe and Lystra
16:1-5
Acts 16
:1
16:1
And he came also to
aDerbe and to Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple named
bTimothy was there, the son of a
cJewish woman
who was a believer, but of a Greek father;
Acts 16
:2
16:2
He was well attested to by the
abrothers in
bLystra and
cIconium.
Acts 16
:3
16:3
Paul wanted this one to go forth with him; and he took
him and
1acircumcised him
2because of the
bJews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Acts 16
:4
16:4
And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the
adecrees to keep which had been decided upon by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem.
Acts 16
:5
16:5
And so the
1achurches were strengthened in the
bfaith and
cincreased in number
ddaily.
c.
To Philippi of Macedonia
16:6-40
1)
The vision of a Macedonian
vv. 6-10
Acts 16
:6
16:6
And they passed through the region of
aPhrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden
1by the Holy
bSpirit to speak the word in Asia.
Acts 16
:7
16:7
And when they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, yet the
1aSpirit of Jesus did
2not allow them.
Acts 16
:8
16:8
And bypassing Mysia, they came down to
aTroas.
Acts 16
:9
16:9
And a
1avision appeared to Paul during the night: A certain man, a Macedonian, was standing and entreating him and saying, Come over into
2bMacedonia and help us.
Acts 16
:10
16:10
And when he had seen the vision,
1we immediately
2endeavored to go forth into Macedonia,
3concluding that God had called us to announce the gospel to them.
2)
The preaching and its fruits
vv. 11-18
Acts 16
:11
16:11
And putting out to sea from
1Troas, we ran a straight course to
2Samothrace, and on the following day to
3Neapolis,
Acts 16
:12
16:12
And from there to
aPhilippi, which is the leading city of that part of Macedonia, a
Roman 1colony; and we spent some days in this city.
Acts 16
:13
16:13
And on the
1aSabbath day we went outside the gate by the
briver, where we supposed there would be a place of
2prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
Acts 16
:14
16:14
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple-dyed goods from the city of
aThyatira who
bworshipped God, was listening, whose heart the
1Lord copened to give heed to the things being spoken by Paul.
Acts 16
:15
16:15
And when she was
1baptized, as well as her
ahousehold, she entreated
us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord,
2come into my
3house and abide. And she constrained us.
Acts 16
:16
16:16
And as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain slave girl having a
1aspirit of
2Python met us, who brought her masters much profit by
3bdivining.
Acts 16
:17
16:17
This woman followed after Paul and us and
acried out, saying, These men are
bslaves of the
cMost High God, who announce to you a way of salvation.
Acts 16
:18
16:18
And she did this for many days. But Paul was greatly disturbed; and turning, he said to the spirit, I charge you in the
aname of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it
bcame out that very hour.
3)
The imprisonment and the release
vv. 19-40
Acts 16
:19
16:19
But when her masters saw that their hope of
aprofit had gone out, they laid hold of Paul and
bSilas and
cdragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
Acts 16
:20
16:20
And when they had brought them to the
1amagistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, are
bthrowing our city into confusion,
Acts 16
:21
16:21
And they are announcing
acustoms which are not lawful for us, being
bRomans, to accept or do.
Acts 16
:22
16:22
And the crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore off their garments and ordered
some to
abeat them with rods.
Acts 16
:23
16:23
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they threw
them into
aprison, charging the jailer to keep them securely,
Acts 16
:24
16:24
Who, having received such a charge, threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the
1astocks.
Acts 16
:25
16:25
And about
amidnight Paul and Silas, while praying, sang hymns of praise to God; and the prisoners were listening to them.
Acts 16
:26
16:26
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were
ashaken. And instantly all the doors were
bopened and everyone's
cbonds were unfastened.
Acts 16
:27
16:27
And the jailer, waking up out of his sleep and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword and was about to
ado away with himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
Acts 16
:28
16:28
But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here.
Acts 16
:29
16:29
And the jailer asked for lights and rushed in; and trembling, he
afell down before Paul and Silas.
Acts 16
:30
16:30
And leading them outside, he said, Sirs,
awhat must I do to be saved?
Acts 16
:31
16:31
And they said,
aBelieve on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be
bsaved, you and your
1household.
Acts 16
:32
16:32
And they spoke the word of God to him together with all those in his house.
Acts 16
:33
16:33
And he took them with
him in that
very hour of the night and washed their wounds. And he was
1abaptized immediately, he and all his
household.
Acts 16
:34
16:34
And he brought them
1up 2into his house and
aset a table before
them; and he
bexulted because he had believed in God with all his household.
Acts 16
:35
16:35
Now when day came, the magistrates sent the
1lictors, saying, Release those men.
Acts 16
:36
16:36
And the jailer reported these words to Paul: The magistrates have sent that you may be released. Now therefore come out and go in peace.
Acts 16
:37
16:37
But Paul said to them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are
aRomans, and have thrown
us into prison; and now secretly they are thrusting us out? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out.
Acts 16
:38
16:38
And the lictors reported these words to the magistrates. And they became
afrightened when they heard that they were Romans.
Acts 16
:39
16:39
And they came and entreated them. And when they had brought
them out, they asked
them to
adepart from the city.
Acts 16
:40
16:40
And they went out from the prison and entered the
ahouse of Lydia; and when they saw the
bbrothers, they exhorted
them and went forth.
