Acts 16:1-40 and then went down to Derbe and Lystra. And behold there was there a certain disciple, named Timothy, whose mother was a believing Jewess, but his father was a Greek.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ and then went down to Derbe and Lystra. And behold there was there a certain disciple, named Timothy, whose mother was a believing Jewess, but his father was a Greek. ² He was well spoken of by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium. ³ This man Paul wished to go with him. So he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. ⁴ And as they passed through the cities they "delivered to their keeping the determinations of the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem. ⁵ So the congregations were established in the faith, and grew daily more and more numerous. ⁶ Now when they had passed through Phrygia and Galatia, [having been restrained by the holy spirit from speaking the word in Asia proper] ⁷ coming towards Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, but the spirit did not permit them. ⁸ So passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. ⁹ And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; it was a certain man, a Macedonian, standing and intreating him, and saying, Cross over to Macedonia and help us. ¹⁰ Therefore as he saw this vision, we immediately endeavoured to go to Macedonia, concluding from it, that the Lord called us to publish the glad tidings to them. ¹¹ So, embarking at Troas, we sailed directly to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis, ¹² and thence to Philippi, which is a city of the first district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. And in this city we continued several days, ¹³ and on the sabbath day we went out of the city to the river side, where there was an established place of prayer, and sat down and spoke to the women who had assembled. ¹⁴ And a certain woman, named Lydia, a dealer in purple, of the city of Thyatira, a worshipper of God, was listening. The Lord had opened her heart to attend to the things which were spoken by Paul. ¹⁵ And when she and her household were baptized, she intreated us saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord come and lodge at my house. So she prevailed upon us. ¹⁶ And it came to pass, as we were going to the oratory, we were met by a certain female slave who had a spirit of Python, and who brought her masters much gain by divining. ¹⁷ This girl, following Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God. They are telling us the way of salvation. ¹⁸ And this she did for many days. At length Paul, being troubled, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to go out of her. And at that instant it went out. ¹⁹ When her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them to the forum, before the magistrates. ²⁰ And having set them before the generals of the army, they said, These men, being Jews, trouble this city of ours exceedingly, ²¹ and teach customs which it is not lawful for us, who are Romans to receive or practise. ²² Upon this the populace rose up together against them; and the generals ordered them to be stript and beaten with rods. ²³ And having inflicted on them many stripe's, they committed them to prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely. ²⁴ He having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks. ²⁵ And about midnight Paul and Silas, having prayed, sung a hymn to God; and the prisoners heard them. ²⁶ And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, and all the doors were instantly opened, ²⁷ and the fetters of all dropped off. Upon which the jailor awaking, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drew his sword and was just going to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped. ²⁸ But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here. ²⁹ Thereupon, calling for lights, he ran in, and being in a tremour, prostrated himself before Paul and Silas, ³⁰ and having brought them out, said, O sirs, What must I do to be saved? ³¹ And they said, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy household. ³² Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all that were in his house. ³³ And he taking them that very hour of the night, washed their stripes; and he and all his family were immediately baptized. ³⁴ Then conducting them up to his house, he spread a table and rejoiced with all his family for having believed in God. ³⁵ And in the course of the day the generals sent the lictors, saying, Dismiss those men, ³⁶ When the jailor made this report to Paul, The generals have sent that you may be discharged; now, therefore, depart and go in peace; ³⁷ Paul said to them, Having scourged us publicly without a trial, men who are Roman citizens, they have cast us into prison, and now discharge us privately! ³⁸ No. Let them come themselves and take us out. When the lictors reported these words to the generals, they were terrified, hearing that they are Romans. So ³⁹ they came and comforted them, and having taken them out, intreated them to leave the city. ⁴⁰ Now when they came out of prison, they went to Lydia's where seeing the brethren, they comforted them and departed;