1 Paul|strong="G1510" went to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G1563" of|strong="G5207" Derbe|strong="G1191" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" Lystra|strong="G3082", where|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1510" follower of|strong="G5207" Jesus|strong="G1510" named|strong="G3686" Timothy|strong="G5095" lived|strong="G1510". Timothy’s mother was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Jewish|strong="G2453" believer|strong="G4103", but|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3708" father|strong="G3962" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Greek|strong="G1672".
2 The|strong="G3588" believers in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" cities of|strong="G1722" Lystra|strong="G3082" and|strong="G2532" Iconium|strong="G2430" had|strong="G3739" only|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3140" things|strong="G3739" to|strong="G2532" say about|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3739".
3 Paul|strong="G3972" wanted|strong="G2309" Timothy to|strong="G2309" travel with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846", but|strong="G2532" all|strong="G0537" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" living in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3754" area knew|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" his|strong="G0846" father|strong="G3962" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2983" Greek|strong="G1672". So|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" circumcised|strong="G4059" Timothy to|strong="G2309" please|strong="G2309" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453".
4 Then|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846" traveled|strong="G1279" through|strong="G1722" other|strong="G1161" cities|strong="G4172". They|strong="G0846" gave|strong="G3860" the|strong="G3588" believers the|strong="G3588" rules and|strong="G2532" decisions from|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652" and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". They|strong="G0846" told them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2532" obey|strong="G5442" these|strong="G3588" rules.
5 So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G3588" churches|strong="G1577" were|strong="G3588" becoming stronger in|strong="G2596" their|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" number|strong="G0706" of|strong="G2250" believers was|strong="G3588" growing every|strong="G2596" day|strong="G2250".
6 Paul and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" areas of|strong="G3056" Phrygia|strong="G5435" and|strong="G2532" Galatia|strong="G1054" because|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" did not|strong="G2532" allow them|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G2980" the|strong="G3588" Good News|strong="G3056" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" province of|strong="G3056" Asia|strong="G0773".
7 When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" reached|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" border of|strong="G4151" Mysia|strong="G3465", they|strong="G0846" tried|strong="G3985" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" on|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" Bithynia|strong="G0978", but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G4151" Jesus|strong="G2424" did|strong="G3985" not|strong="G3756" let|strong="G1439" them|strong="G0846" go|strong="G4198" there|strong="G1161".
8 So|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" passed|strong="G3928" by|strong="G1519" Mysia|strong="G3465" and|strong="G1161" went|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" city of|strong="G1519" Troas|strong="G5174".
9 That|strong="G3004" night|strong="G3571" Paul|strong="G3972" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G1510" vision|strong="G3705". In|strong="G1519" it|strong="G0846", a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G0435" from|strong="G0435" Macedonia|strong="G3109" came|strong="G2476" to|strong="G1519" Paul|strong="G3972". The|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0435" stood|strong="G2476" there|strong="G1510" and|strong="G2532" begged|strong="G3870", “Come|strong="G1510" across to|strong="G1519" Macedonia|strong="G3109" and|strong="G2532" help|strong="G0997" us|strong="G3004".”
10 After|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2316" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" vision|strong="G3705", we|strong="G2249" immediately|strong="G2112" prepared to|strong="G1519" leave|strong="G1831" for|strong="G1519" Macedonia|strong="G3109". We|strong="G2249" understood that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2316" called|strong="G4341" us|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" tell the|strong="G3588" Good|strong="G2097" News|strong="G2097" to|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0846".
11 We|strong="G1161" left|strong="G0575" Troas|strong="G5174" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G3767" ship and|strong="G1161" sailed to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" island of|strong="G0575" Samothrace|strong="G4543". The|strong="G3588" next day we|strong="G1161" sailed to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G0575" Neapolis|strong="G3501".
12 Then|strong="G1161" we|strong="G3778" went to|strong="G1519" Philippi|strong="G5375", a|strong="G1510" Roman colony|strong="G2862" and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" leading|strong="G4413" city|strong="G4172" in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3778" part|strong="G3310" of|strong="G2250" Macedonia|strong="G3109". We|strong="G3778" stayed|strong="G1510" there|strong="G2547" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1510" few|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250".
13 On|strong="G2523" the|strong="G3588" Sabbath|strong="G4521" day|strong="G2250" we|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" the|strong="G3588" city gate|strong="G4439" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" river|strong="G4215". There|strong="G1510" we|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G3543" we|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" find a|strong="G1510" special place|strong="G4335" for|strong="G3844" prayer|strong="G4335". Some|strong="G3588" women|strong="G1135" had|strong="G1510" gathered|strong="G4905" there|strong="G1510", so|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523" and|strong="G2532" talked|strong="G2980" with|strong="G3844" them|strong="G2250".
14 There|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3739" a|strong="G0191" woman|strong="G1135" there|strong="G3739" named|strong="G3686" Lydia|strong="G3070" from|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G2316" Thyatira|strong="G2363". Her|strong="G5259" job was|strong="G3739" selling purple|strong="G4211" cloth. She|strong="G1135" was|strong="G3739" a|strong="G0191" worshiper|strong="G4576" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" true God|strong="G2316". Lydia|strong="G3070" was|strong="G3739" listening|strong="G0191" to|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" opened|strong="G1272" her|strong="G5259" heart|strong="G2588" to|strong="G2532" accept|strong="G0191" what|strong="G3739" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3739" saying|strong="G2980".
15 She|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0846" living|strong="G3306" in|strong="G1519" her|strong="G0846" house|strong="G3624" were|strong="G1510" baptized|strong="G0907". Then|strong="G2532" she|strong="G0846" invited|strong="G3870" us|strong="G3004" into|strong="G1519" her|strong="G0846" home|strong="G3624". She|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" think|strong="G2919" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" a|strong="G5613" true believer|strong="G4103" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G0846", come|strong="G1525" stay|strong="G3306" in|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1525" house|strong="G3624".” She|strong="G0846" persuaded us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" stay|strong="G3306" with|strong="G2532" her|strong="G0846".
16 One|strong="G5100" day we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G1096" going|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" place|strong="G1096" for|strong="G1519" prayer|strong="G4335", and|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2192" servant girl met|strong="G5221" us|strong="G1519". She|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" spirit|strong="G4151" in|strong="G1519" her|strong="G0846" that|strong="G3748" gave her|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" power to|strong="G1519" tell what|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1096" happen|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" future. By|strong="G1096" doing this|strong="G3588" she|strong="G0846" earned a|strong="G2192" lot of|strong="G4151" money|strong="G0846" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" men|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" owned|strong="G2192" her|strong="G0846".
17 She|strong="G3778" started following|strong="G2628" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" rest|strong="G1510" of|strong="G2316" us|strong="G3004" around. She|strong="G3778" kept|strong="G3972" shouting|strong="G2896", “These|strong="G3778" men|strong="G0444" are|strong="G1510" servants|strong="G1401" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" Most|strong="G5310" High|strong="G5310" God|strong="G2316"! They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" telling|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" how you|strong="G5210" can|strong="G3004" be|strong="G1510" saved!”
18 She|strong="G0846" continued doing|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778" for|strong="G1909" many|strong="G4183" days|strong="G2250". This|strong="G3778" bothered Paul|strong="G3972", so|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" turned|strong="G1994" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" spirit|strong="G4151", “By|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" power of|strong="G4151" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", I|strong="G2532" command|strong="G3853" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G3004" come|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G4151" her|strong="G0846"!” Immediately, the|strong="G3588" spirit|strong="G4151" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831".
19 When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" men|strong="G0846" who|strong="G3588" owned the|strong="G3588" servant girl saw|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3588", they|strong="G0846" realized|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G0846" could no longer|strong="G1909" use her|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" make money|strong="G0846". So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" grabbed Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609" and|strong="G2532" dragged|strong="G1670" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" public square to|strong="G1519" meet with|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" authorities|strong="G0758".
20 They|strong="G0846" brought|strong="G4317" Paul|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" Silas before|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" Roman officials and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “These|strong="G3778" men|strong="G0444" are|strong="G3778" Jews|strong="G2453", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" are|strong="G3778" making trouble in|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172".
21 They|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" telling people|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" things|strong="G3739" that|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" right for|strong="G2532" us|strong="G4160" as|strong="G2532" Romans|strong="G4514" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160".”
22 The|strong="G3588" whole crowd|strong="G3793" turned against|strong="G2596" Paul|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" Silas. The|strong="G3588" officials tore|strong="G4048" the|strong="G3588" clothes|strong="G2440" off|strong="G2596" both|strong="G2532" men|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" ordered|strong="G2753" that|strong="G0846" they|strong="G0846" be|strong="G2532" beaten|strong="G4463" with|strong="G2596" rods|strong="G4463".
23 They|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" beaten|strong="G4127" severely|strong="G4183" and|strong="G5037" thrown|strong="G0906" into|strong="G1519" jail. The|strong="G3588" officials told the|strong="G3588" jailer|strong="G1200", “Guard|strong="G5083" them|strong="G0846" very|strong="G0846" carefully!”
24 When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" jailer heard this|strong="G3588" special order, he|strong="G2532" put|strong="G0906" Paul|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" Silas far|strong="G3588" inside the|strong="G3588" jail and|strong="G2532" bound their|strong="G0846" feet|strong="G4228" between|strong="G0846" large blocks of|strong="G4228" wood|strong="G3586".
25 About|strong="G2596" midnight|strong="G3317" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609" were|strong="G3588" praying|strong="G4336" and|strong="G2532" singing|strong="G5214" songs to|strong="G2596" God|strong="G2316". The|strong="G3588" other|strong="G1161" prisoners|strong="G1198" were|strong="G3588" listening|strong="G1874" to|strong="G2596" them|strong="G0846".
26 Suddenly|strong="G0869" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" an|strong="G1096" earthquake|strong="G4578" so|strong="G2532" strong|strong="G3173" that|strong="G5620" it|strong="G1161" shook|strong="G4531" the|strong="G3956" foundation|strong="G2310" of|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" jail. All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" doors|strong="G2374" of|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" jail opened|strong="G0455", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" chains|strong="G1199" on|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" prisoners fell|strong="G1096" off.
27 The|strong="G3588" jailer|strong="G1200" woke up and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" jail doors|strong="G2374" were|strong="G1096" open|strong="G0455". He|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G3543" that|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" prisoners|strong="G1198" had|strong="G3588" already escaped|strong="G1628", so|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1096" his|strong="G3708" sword|strong="G3162" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" ready|strong="G3195" to|strong="G3195" kill|strong="G0337" himself|strong="G1438".
28 But|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" shouted, “Don’t|strong="G3367" hurt yourself|strong="G4572"! We|strong="G1161" are|strong="G1510" all|strong="G0537" here|strong="G1759"!”
29 The|strong="G3588" jailer told someone to|strong="G2532" bring a|strong="G1096" light|strong="G5457". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" ran inside and|strong="G2532", shaking with|strong="G2532" fear|strong="G1790", fell|strong="G1096" down|strong="G4363" in|strong="G2532" front of|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609".
30 Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G4254" them|strong="G0846" outside|strong="G1854" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “Men|strong="G0846", what|strong="G5101" must|strong="G1163" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G1163" saved|strong="G4982"?”
31 They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G2532", “Believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2962" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982"—you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" live in|strong="G1909" your|strong="G2962" house|strong="G3624".”
32 So|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" Silas told|strong="G2980" the|strong="G3956" message|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" jailer and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" lived in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" house|strong="G3614".
33 It|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3588" late|strong="G5610" at|strong="G1722" night|strong="G3571", but|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" jailer took|strong="G3880" Paul|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" Silas and|strong="G2532" washed|strong="G3068" their|strong="G0846" wounds|strong="G4127". Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" jailer and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G0846" people|strong="G3956" were|strong="G3956" baptized|strong="G0907".
34 After|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" jailer took Paul|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" Silas home|strong="G3624" and|strong="G2532" gave them|strong="G0846" some|strong="G3588" food|strong="G5132". All|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" very|strong="G0846" happy because|strong="G0846" they|strong="G0846" now|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316".
35 The|strong="G3588" next morning|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" Roman officials sent|strong="G0649" some|strong="G3588" soldiers to|strong="G3004" tell|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" jailer, “Let|strong="G1096" these|strong="G3588" men|strong="G0444" go|strong="G0630" free|strong="G0630".”
36 The|strong="G3588" jailer|strong="G1200" said|strong="G3056" to|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972", “The|strong="G3588" officials have|strong="G3748" sent|strong="G0649" these|strong="G3778" soldiers to|strong="G4314" let|strong="G0630" you|strong="G3754" go|strong="G4198" free|strong="G0630". You|strong="G3754" can leave|strong="G1831" now|strong="G1161". Go|strong="G4198" in|strong="G1722" peace|strong="G1515".”
37 But|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" soldiers, “Those|strong="G3588" officials did|strong="G2064" not|strong="G3756" prove that|strong="G0846" we|strong="G2249" did|strong="G2064" anything|strong="G0235" wrong, but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" beat|strong="G1194" us|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" public|strong="G1219" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G0906" us|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" jail. And|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3588" Roman|strong="G4514" citizens. Now|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" want us|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G2064" away|strong="G1544" quietly. No|strong="G3756", they|strong="G0846" must|strong="G0235" come|strong="G2064" here|strong="G1519" themselves|strong="G1438" and|strong="G2532" lead|strong="G1806" us|strong="G1519" out|strong="G1544"!”
38 The|strong="G3588" soldiers told|strong="G0518" the|strong="G3588" officials what|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G1510" said. When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G3754" heard|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3754" Paul|strong="G1510" and|strong="G1161" Silas were|strong="G1510" Roman|strong="G4514" citizens, they|strong="G3754" were|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399".
39 So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" told them|strong="G0846" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" sorry. They|strong="G0846" led|strong="G1806" them|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1806" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" jail and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G2065" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2064" leave|strong="G0565" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172".
40 But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G1525" and|strong="G2532" Silas came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" jail, they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" to|strong="G4314" Lydia’s|strong="G3070" house. They|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" believers there|strong="G1161" and|strong="G2532" encouraged|strong="G3870" them|strong="G3870". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831".