Paul came also to Derbe R890 and to Lystra. R891 And a disciple was there, named Timothy, R892 the son of a Jewish R893 woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek,
Paul wanted this man to go F367 with him; and he took R897 him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Now while they were passing through the cities, they were delivering the R898 decrees which had been decided upon by the R899 apostles and elders R900 who were in Jerusalem, for them to observe.
A R911 vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia R912 was standing and appealing to him, and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."
When he had seen the R913 vision, immediately we R914 sought to go F371 into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach R915 the gospel to them.
and from there to Philippi, R918 which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, R919 a R920 {Roman} colony; and we were staying in this city for some days.
And on the R921 Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.
A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, R922 a seller of purple fabrics, a R923 worshiper of God, was listening; and F372 the Lord opened R924 her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.
And when she and her R925 household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.
It happened that as we were going to the R926 place of prayer, a slave-girl having a R927 spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling.
Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, "These men are bond-servants of the R928 Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the F373 way of salvation."
She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in R929 the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment. F374
But when her masters saw that their hope of profit R930 was gone, F375 they seized Paul R931 and Silas and dragged R932 them into the market place before the authorities,
The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes F376 off them and proceeded to order {them} F377 to be beaten R935 with rods.
and suddenly there R940 came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all R941 the doors were opened and everyone's chains R942 were unfastened.
When the R943 jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to R944 kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
And the R950 jailer reported these words to Paul, {saying,} "The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go in R951 peace."
But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us in public without trial, men R952 who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out."
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