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Acts 16 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

Act 16:1

Now Paul also arrived at Derbe and at Lystra. And behold, a disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek,

Act 16:2and he was well spoken of by the brothers who were in Lystra and Iconium.
Act 16:3Paul wanted this man to [fn]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.
Act 16:4Now 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 keep.
Act 16:5So the churches were being strengthened [fn]in the faith, and were abounding in number daily.

The Macedonian Vision

Act 16:6

And they passed through the [fn]Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in [fn]Asia;

Act 16:7and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;
Act 16:8and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Act 16:9And 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.”
Act 16:10And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to [fn]go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the gospel to them.

Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi

Act 16:11

So setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis;

Act 16:12and 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.
Act 16:13And 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 sitting down, we began speaking to the women who had assembled.
Act 16:14And a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening, whose heart the Lord opened to pay attention to the things spoken by Paul.
Act 16:15And 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

Act 16:16

Now it happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a servant-girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling.

Act 16:17Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you [fn]the way of salvation.”
Act 16:18And she continued doing this for many days. But being greatly annoyed, Paul turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to leave her!” And it left at that very [fn]moment.
Act 16:19

But when her masters saw that their hope of profit had left, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities,

Act 16:20and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,
Act 16:21and are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”
Act 16:22And the crowd joined together to attack them, and the chief magistrates, tearing their garments off of them, proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods.
Act 16:23And when they had inflicted them with many wounds, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely,
Act 16:24who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the [fn]stocks.

The Philippian Jailer Converted

Act 16:25

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

Act 16:26And suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the jailhouse were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.
Act 16:27And 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.
Act 16:28But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”
Act 16:29And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,
Act 16:30and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
Act 16:31And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your house.”
Act 16:32And they spoke the word of [fn]the Lord to him together with all who were in his household.
Act 16:33And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
Act 16:34And he brought them into his house and set [fn]food before them, and rejoiced [fn]greatly with his whole household, because he had believed in God.
Act 16:35

Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, “Release those men.”

Act 16:36And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go in peace.”
Act 16:37But Paul said to them, “Having beaten us in public without trial, men who are Romans, they have thrown us into prison. And now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out.”
Act 16:38And the policemen reported these words to the chief magistrates. They were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,
Act 16:39and they came and appealed to them, and when they had brought them out, they kept requesting them to leave the city.
Act 16:40And they went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia, and when they saw the brothers, they [fn]encouraged them and left.
LSB Footnotes
Lit go out
Or in faith
Or Phrygia and the Galatian region
West coast province of Asia Minor
Lit go out
Lit a way
Lit hour
Lit wood
Two early mss God
Lit a table
Or greatly with his whole household, having believed in God
Or exhorted
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