Acts 16
14 ¶ And a
certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the
city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us:
whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the
things which were spoken of Paul.
15 And when she was
baptized, and her household, she besought us,
saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord,
come into my house, and abide there. And she
constrained us.
16 ¶ And it came
to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed
with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her
masters much gain by soothsaying:
17 The same
followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are
the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the
way of salvation.
18 And this did she
many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to
the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to
come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
19 ¶ And when her
masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they
caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the
marketplace unto the rulers,
20 And brought them
to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do
exceedingly trouble our city,
21 And teach
customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither
to observe, being Romans.
22 And the
multitude rose up together against them: and the
magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat
them.
23 And when they
had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them
into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
24 Who, having
received such a charge, thrust them into the inner
prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
25 ¶ And at
midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto
God: and the prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly
there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of
the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors
were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
27 And the keeper
of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the
prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have
killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been
fled.
28 But Paul cried
with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are
all here.
29 Then he called
for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell
down before Paul and Silas,
30 And brought them
out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said,
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved, and thy house.
32 And they spake
unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in
his house.
33 And he took them
the same hour of the night, and washed their
stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
34 And when he had
brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and
rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
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