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Paul’s Second Missionary Journey
Paul went first to Derbe and then to Lystra, where there was a young disciple named Timothy. His mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was a Greek.
Paul went first to Derbe and then to Lystra, where there was a young disciple named Timothy. His mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was a Greek.
The Macedonian Vision
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And a disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek,
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And a disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek,
and he was well spoken of by the brethren who were in Lystra and Iconium.
so Paul wanted him to join them on their journey. In deference to the Jews of the area, he arranged for Timothy to be circumcised before they left, for everyone knew that his father was a Greek.
Paul wanted this man to go with him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Then they went from town to town, instructing the believers to follow the decisions made by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem.
Now while they were passing through the cities, they were delivering the decrees which had been decided upon by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem, for them to observe.
So the churches were strengthened in their faith and grew larger every day.
So the churches were being strengthened in the faith, and were increasing in number daily.
A Call from Macedonia
Next Paul and Silas traveled through the area of Phrygia and Galatia, because the Holy Spirit had prevented them from preaching the word in the province of Asia at that time.
They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;
and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;
So instead, they went on through Mysia to the seaport of Troas.
and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
That night Paul had a vision: A man from Macedonia in northern Greece was standing there, pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!”
A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and appealing to him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
Lydia of Philippi Believes in Jesus
We boarded a boat at Troas and sailed straight across to the island of Samothrace, and the next day we landed at Neapolis.
So putting out to sea from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis;
From there we reached Philippi, a major city of that district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. And we stayed there several days.
and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony; and we were staying in this city for some days.
On the Sabbath we went a little way outside the city to a riverbank, where we thought people would be meeting for prayer, and we sat down to speak with some women who had gathered there.
And on the 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.
One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth, who worshiped God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying.
First Convert in Europe
A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.
She and her household were baptized, and she asked us to be her guests. “If you agree that I am a true believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my home.” And she urged us until we agreed.
And when she and her 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.
Paul and Silas in Prison
One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit that enabled her to tell the future. She earned a lot of money for her masters by telling fortunes.
It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling.
She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, and they have come to tell you how to be saved.”
Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”
This went on day after day until Paul got so exasperated that he turned and said to the demon within her, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And instantly it left her.
She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very moment.
Her masters’ hopes of wealth were now shattered, so they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities at the marketplace.
But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the authorities,
“The whole city is in an uproar because of these Jews!” they shouted to the city officials.
and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,
“They are teaching customs that are illegal for us Romans to practice.”
and are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”
A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods.
Paul and Silas Imprisoned
The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods.
They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn’t escape.
When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely;
So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.
and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off!
and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.
The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself.
When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
But Paul shouted to him, “Stop! Don’t kill yourself! We are all here!”
But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”
The jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.
And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,
Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.”
The Jailer Converted
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
And they shared the word of the Lord with him and with all who lived in his household.
And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his house.
Even at that hour of the night, the jailer cared for them and washed their wounds. Then he and everyone in his household were immediately baptized.
And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
He brought them into his house and set a meal before them, and he and his entire household rejoiced because they all believed in God.
And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household.
The next morning the city officials sent the police to tell the jailer, “Let those men go!”
Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, “Release those men.”
So the jailer told Paul, “The city officials have said you and Silas are free to leave. Go in peace.”
And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go in peace.”
But Paul replied, “They have publicly beaten us without a trial and put us in prison — and we are Roman citizens. So now they want us to leave secretly? Certainly not! Let them come themselves to release us!”
But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us in public without trial, men 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.”
When the police reported this, the city officials were alarmed to learn that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.
The policemen reported these words to the chief magistrates. They were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,
So they came to the jail and apologized to them. Then they brought them out and begged them to leave the city.
and they came and appealed to them, and when they had brought them out, they kept begging them to leave the city.