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| 16:1 | Then came he to Derba and to Lystra. And beholde a certayne disciple was there named Timotheus, a womans sonne whiche was a Ieweas and beleued: but hys father was a Greke. |
| 16:2 | Of whom reported well, the brethren of Lystra and Iconium. |
| 16:3 | The same Paule woulde that he shoulde go forthe with hym, and toke and circumcysed him, because of the Iewes whiche were in those quarters: for they knewe all, that hys father was a Greke. |
| 16:4 | As they went through the cities, they delyuered them the decrees for to kepe, ordeyned of the Apostles and elders, whiche were at Ierusalem. |
| 16:5 | And so were the congregacions stablysheth in the fayth, and encreased in noumbre daylye. |
| 16:6 | When they had gone through oute Phrygia, and the regyon of Galacia, and were forbidden of the holy ghost to preache the worde in Asia |
| 16:7 | they came to Misia, and sought to go into Bethinia. But the spirite suffered them not. |
| 16:8 | Then they went ouer Misia, and came doune to Troada. |
| 16:9 | And a visyon appeared to Paule in the nyght. There stode a man of Macedonia, and prayed hym, saiynge: come into Macedonia, and helpe vs. |
| 16:10 | After he had sene the vysyon, certifyed that the Lorde had called vs for to preache the Gospell vnto them. |
| 16:11 | Then loused we forth from Troada, and with a strayght course came to Samothracia, and the nexte daye to Neapolym, |
| 16:12 | and from thence to Phylyppos, which is the chiefe citie in the partes of Macedonia, and a fre citie. We were in that citie abydynge certayne dayes. |
| 16:13 | And on the Saboth dayes we wente out of the citie besydes a ryuer, where men were wonte to praye. And we sate doune, and spake vnto the women which resorted thyther. |
| 16:14 | And a certayne woman named Lydia a seller of purple of the citie of Thiatyra, which worshypped God, gaue vs audience. Whose hart the Lorde opened, that she attended vnto the thynges whiche Paul spake. |
| 16:15 | When she was baptysed and her housholde, she besoughte vs saiyng: Yf ye thynke that I beleue on the Lord come into my house, and abyde there. And she constrayned vs. |
| 16:16 | And it fortuned as we went to prayer, a certayne damsell possessed with a spirite that prophesyeth, met vs, which brought her mayster and maysters muche vauntage with prophesiynge. |
| 16:17 | The same folowed Paul and vs, & cryed, saiynge: These men are the seruauntes of the moste hye God, which shew vnto vs that waye of saluacyon. |
| 16:18 | And thys dyd she manye dayes. But Paule not content turned aboute, and sayed to the spirite: I commaunde the in the name of Iesu Christe, that thou come oute of her. And he came out the same houre. |
| 16:19 | And when her maister and maysters saw, that the hope of theyr gaynes was gone, they caughte Paule and Sylas, and drue them into the market place vnto the rulars, |
| 16:20 | & brought them to the offycers saiynges: These men trouble oure citie, whiche are Iewes, |
| 16:21 | and preache ordinaunces whiche are not laufull for vs to receyue, neyther to obserue, seynge we are Romayns. |
| 16:22 | And the people came on them, and the offycers rent theyr clothes, and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes. |
| 16:23 | And when thei had beaten them sore, they caste them into pryson, commaundynge the iayler to kepe them surelye. |
| 16:24 | Which iaylar when he had receyued such commaundemente thruste them into the ynner pryson, and made theyr fete fast in the stockes. |
| 16:25 | At mydnyght Paule and Sylas prayed, & lauded God. And the prysoners hearde them. |
| 16:26 | And sodenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundacion of the pryson was shaken, and by and by all the dores opened, and euery mannes bondes were loused. |
| 16:27 | When the keper of the pryson waked oute of hys slepe, and sawe the pryson dores open, he drue oute hys swearde, and woulde haue kylled hym selfe, supposynge the prysoners had bene fled. |
| 16:28 | But Paule cryed with a lowde voyce, saiyng: do thy selfe no harme, for we are all here. |
| 16:29 | Then he called for a lyght, and sprang in, and came tremblyng, and fell doune before Paule and Sylas, |
| 16:30 | and brought them out and sayde: Syr what muste I do to be saued? |
| 16:31 | And they sayd: beleue on the Lord Iesus & thou shalt be saued & thy housholde. |
| 16:32 | And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lorde, & to all that were in hys house. |
| 16:33 | And he toke them the same houre of the nyght, and washed theyr woundes, and was baptysed with all that belonged vnto him strayght waye. |
| 16:34 | When he had broughte them into hys house: he set meate before them, and ioyed that he with all hys housholde beleued on God. |
| 16:35 | And when it was daye, the offycers sente the ministers sayinge: Let those men go. |
| 16:36 | The keper of the pryson tolde this saiyng to Paul: the officers haue sent word to loose you. Now therfore get you hence, and go in peace. |
| 16:37 | Then sayde Paule vnto them. They haue beaten vs openly vncondempned, for all that we are Romaynes, and haue caste vs into pryson: & now woulde they sende vs awaye priuely? Naye not so, but let them come them selues, and set vs out. |
| 16:38 | When the ministers tolde these wordes vnto the offycers, they feared when they hearde that they were Romaynes, |
| 16:39 | and came and besought them, and brought them oute, & desyered them to departe out of the cytie. |
| 16:40 | And they went oute of the pryson, and entred into the housse, of Lydya, and when they had sene the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. |
| 16:1 | Then cam he to Derba and to Lystra, And beholde, a certayne dyscyple was there named Timotheus a womans sonne, which was a Iewesse and beleued: but hys father was a Greke. |
| 16:2 | Of whom reported well the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium |
| 16:3 | Hym wold Paul that he shulde go forth with him, & toke and circumcised hym, because of the Iewes which were in those quarters: for they knewe all, that hys father was a Greke. |
| 16:4 | As they went thorowe the cyties, they deliuered them the decrees for to kepe, that were ordeyned of the Apostles and elders, which were at Ierusalem. |
| 16:5 | And so were the congregacyons stablyshed in the fayth, and encreased in nombre dayly. |
| 16:6 | When they had gone thorow out Phrigia. and the region of Galacia, and were forbydden of the holy ghost to preach the word in Asia, |
| 16:7 | they came to Mysya, and sought to go into Bethynia. But the sprete soffred them no |
| 16:8 | But whan they had gone thorow Mysia they came downe to Troada. |
| 16:9 | And a visyon appered to Paul in the nyght. There stode a man of Macedonia and prayed him, saying: come into Macedonia, and helpe vs. |
| 16:10 | After he had sene the vision, immediatly we prepared to go into Macedonia, beinge certifyed that the Lorde had called vs, for to preach the gospell vnto them. |
| 16:11 | Whan we losed forth then from Troada, we came wt a strayte course to Samothracia, and the nexte daye to Neapolin, |
| 16:12 | & from thence to Philippos, which is the chefe cytie in the partes of Macedonia, & a fre cytie. We were in that cytie abydinge certayne dayes. |
| 16:13 | And on the Saboth dayes we went out of the citie besydes a ryuer, where men were wont to praye. And we sate downe, & spake vnto the wemen which resorted thyther. |
| 16:14 | And a certayne woman (named Lydia) a seller of purple, of the cytie of Thyatira, which worshypped God, gaue vs audience. Whose hert the Lorde opened, that she attended vnto the thynges, which Paul spake. |
| 16:15 | When she was baptised, and her housholde, she besought vs, sayinge: If ye thyncke that I beleue on the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. And she constrayned vs. |
| 16:16 | And it fortuned as we went to prayer, a certayn damsell possessed with a sprete that prophesyed, met vs, which brought her master: & mastres moche vauntage wt Prophesyinge. |
| 16:17 | The same folowed Paul and vs, and cryed, sayinge: these men are the seruauntes of the most hye God, which shew vnto vs the waye of saluacyon. |
| 16:18 | And thys dyd she many dayes. But Paul not content, turned aboute, and sayde to the sprete. I commaunde the in the name of Iesu Christ, that thou come out of her. And he came out the same houre |
| 16:19 | And when her master and mastres sawe that the hope of their gaynes was gone, they caught Paul and Sylas, and drue them into the market place vnto the rulars, |
| 16:20 | & brought them to the officers, sayinge: These men trouble oure cytie seing they are Iewes, |
| 16:21 | & preach ordinaunces, which are not laufull for vs to receaue, nether to obserue, seynge we are Romanys. |
| 16:22 | And the people ranne agaynst them, and the officers rent their clothes, & commaunded them to be beaten with roddes. |
| 16:23 | And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into preson, commaundynge the iayler of the preson to kepe them diligently. |
| 16:24 | Which when he had receaued such commaundement, thrust them into the ynner preson, & made theyr fete fast in the stockes. |
| 16:25 | At mydnyght Paul & Sylas prayed, and lauded God. And the presoners hearde them. |
| 16:26 | And sodenly ther was a greate erthquake, so that the foundacion of the preson was shaken, and immediatly all the dores opened and euery mannes bandes were loosed. |
| 16:27 | When the keper of the preson waked out of his slepe and sawe the preson dores open, he drue out his swearde and wolde haue kylled him selfe supposyng that the presoners had bene fledd. |
| 16:28 | But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying: do thy selfe no harme, for we are all heare. |
| 16:29 | Then he called for a lyght and sprange in and ran tremblynge vnto Paul, and fell downe at the fete of Paul & Sylas, |
| 16:30 | and brought them out, & sayde: Syrs what must I do to be saued? |
| 16:31 | And they sayde: beleue on the Lorde Iesus, & thou shalt be saued & thy housholde. |
| 16:32 | And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, & to all that were in hys house. |
| 16:33 | And he toke them the same houre of the nyght, & wasshed their woundes, and was baptised and all they of hys housholde strayght waye. |
| 16:34 | And when he had brought them into hys house, he set meate before them, and ioyed that he with all his housholde, beleued on God. |
| 16:35 | And when it was daye, the officers sent the ministers, saying: let those men go. |
| 16:36 | The keper of the preson tolde this sayinge to Paul: the officers haue sent word to lose you. Now therfore, get you hence and go in peace. |
| 16:37 | Then sayde Paul vnto them: they haue beaten vs openly vncondemned, for all that we are Romayns, and haue cast vs into preson: & now wolde they sende vs awaye preuely? Naye Uerely, but let them come them selues, & fet vs out. |
| 16:38 | When the ministers tolde these wordes vnto the officers, they feared when they hearde, that they were Romaynes |
| 16:39 | they cam and besought them: and brought them out, and desyred them, to departe out of the cytie. |
| 16:40 | And they went out of the preson, and entred into the house of Lidia, and when they had sene the brethren, they conforted them, and departed |
| 16:1 | Then came he to Derbe and to Lystra: and beholde, a certaine disciple was there named Timotheus, a womans sonne, which was a Iewesse and beleeued, but his father was a Grecian, |
| 16:2 | Of whom the brethren which were at Lystra and Iconium, reported well. |
| 16:3 | Therefore Paul would that he should go forth with him, and tooke and circumcised him, because of ye Iewes, which were in those quarters: for they knewe all, that his father was a Grecian. |
| 16:4 | And as they went through the cities, they deliuered them the decrees to keepe, ordeined of the Apostles and Elders, which were at Hierusalem. |
| 16:5 | And so were the Churches stablished in the faith, and encreased in number daily. |
| 16:6 | Nowe when they had gone throughout Phrygia, and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden of the holy Ghost to preache the worde in Asia. |
| 16:7 | Then came they to Mysia, and sought to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. |
| 16:8 | Therefore they passed through Mysia, and came downe to Troas, |
| 16:9 | Where a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stoode a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come into Macedonia, and helpe vs. |
| 16:10 | And after he had seene the vision, immediatly we prepared to goe into Macedonia, being assured that the Lord had called vs to preache the Gospel vnto them. |
| 16:11 | Then went we forth from Troas, and with a straight course came to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis, |
| 16:12 | And from thence to Philippi, which is the chiefe citie in ye partes of Macedonia, and whose inhabitants came from Rome to dwell there, and we were in that citie abiding certaine dayes. |
| 16:13 | And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the citie, besides a Riuer, where they were wont to pray: and we sate downe, and spake vnto the women, which were come together. |
| 16:14 | And a certaine woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, heard vs: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended vnto the things, which Paul spake. |
| 16:15 | And when she was baptized, and her houshold, she besought vs, saying, If ye haue iudged me to be faithfull to ye Lord, come into mine house, and abide there: and she constrained vs. |
| 16:16 | And it came to passe that as we went to prayer, a certaine maide hauing a spirit of diuination, mette vs, which gate her masters much vantage with diuining. |
| 16:17 | She followed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying, These men are the seruants of the most high God, which shewe vnto you the way of saluation. |
| 16:18 | And this did she many dayes: but Paul being grieued, turned about, and said to the spirit, I commaund thee in the Name of Iesus Christ, that thou come out of her. And he came out the same houre. |
| 16:19 | Nowe when her masters sawe that the hope of their gaine was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drewe them into the market place vnto the Magistrates, |
| 16:20 | And brought them to the gouernours, saying, These men which are Iewes, trouble our citie, |
| 16:21 | And preache ordinances, which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, seeing we are Romanes. |
| 16:22 | The people also rose vp together against them, and the gouernours rent their clothes, and commanded them to be beaten with roddes. |
| 16:23 | And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison, commaunding the Iayler to keepe them surely. |
| 16:24 | Who hauing receiued such commandement, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feete fast in the stockes. |
| 16:25 | Nowe at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sung Psalmes vnto God: and the prisoners heard them. |
| 16:26 | And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison was shaken: and by and by all the doores opened, and euery mans bands were loosed. |
| 16:27 | Then the keeper of the prison waked out of his sleepe, and when he sawe the prison doores open, he drewe out his sword and would haue killed himselfe, supposing the prisoners had bin fled. |
| 16:28 | But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying, Doe thy selfe no harme: for we are all here. |
| 16:29 | Then he called for a light, and leaped in, and came trembling, and fell downe before Paul and Silas, |
| 16:30 | And brought them out, and said, Syrs, what must I doe to be saued? |
| 16:31 | And they saide, Beleeue in the Lord Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, and thine houshold. |
| 16:32 | And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, and to all that were in the house. |
| 16:33 | Afterwarde he tooke them the same houre of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized with all that belonged vnto him, straigthway. |
| 16:34 | And when he had brought them into his house, he set meate before them, and reioyced that he with all his houshold beleeued in God. |
| 16:35 | And when it was day, the gouernours sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men goe. |
| 16:36 | Then the keeper of the prison tolde these woordes vnto Paul, saying, The gouerness haue sent to loose you: nowe therefore get you hence, and goe in peace. |
| 16:37 | Then sayde Paul vnto them, After that they haue beaten vs openly vncodemned, which are Romanes, they haue cast vs into prison, and nowe would they put vs out priuily? nay verely: but let them come and bring vs out. |
| 16:38 | And the sergeants tolde these woordes vnto the gouernours, who feared whe they heard that they were Romanes. |
| 16:39 | Then came they and praied them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the citie. |
| 16:40 | And they went out of the prison, and entred into the house of Lydia: and when they had seene the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. |
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