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Acts 16:14-26
New American Standard Bible
Acts 16:14-26
New American Standard Bible
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14 A woman named Lydia was listening; she was a seller of purple fabrics from the city of (A)Thyatira, and (B)a worshiper of God. [a]The Lord (C)opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul. 15 Now when she and (D)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.
16 It happened that as we were going to (E)the place of prayer, a slave woman who had (F)a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing great profit to her masters by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and us and cried out repeatedly, saying, “These men are bond-servants of (G)the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation.” 18 Now she continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and he turned and said to the spirit, “I command you (H)in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very [b]moment.
19 But when her masters saw that their hope of (I)profit was suddenly gone, they seized (J)Paul and Silas and (K)dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities, 20 and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble, 21 and they (L)are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us to accept or to practice, since we are (M)Romans.”
Paul and Silas Imprisoned
22 The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their [c]robes off them and proceeded to order [d]them to be (N)beaten with rods. 23 When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding (O)the jailer to guard them securely; 24 [e]and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in (P)the [f]stocks.
25 Now about midnight (Q)Paul and Silas were praying and (R)singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; 26 and suddenly (S)there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately (T)all the doors were opened, and everyone’s (U)chains were unfastened.
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- Acts 16:14 Lit Whose heart the Lord opened
- Acts 16:18 Lit hour
- Acts 16:22 Or outer garments
- Acts 16:22 Lit to beat with rods
- Acts 16:24 Lit who
- Acts 16:24 Lit wood
Acts 16:14-26
New International Version
Acts 16:14-26
New International Version
14 One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira(A) named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart(B) to respond to Paul’s message. 15 When she and the members of her household(C) were baptized,(D) she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
Paul and Silas in Prison
16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer,(E) we were met by a female slave who had a spirit(F) by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God,(G) who are telling you the way to be saved.” 18 She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her.(H)
19 When her owners realized that their hope of making money(I) was gone, they seized Paul and Silas(J) and dragged(K) them into the marketplace to face the authorities. 20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar(L) 21 by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans(M) to accept or practice.”(N)
22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.(O) 23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer(P) was commanded to guard them carefully. 24 When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.(Q)
25 About midnight(R) Paul and Silas(S) were praying and singing hymns(T) to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken.(U) At once all the prison doors flew open,(V) and everyone’s chains came loose.(W)
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