# Acts 16

> Lumin Translation

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Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. He came to Derbe and Lystra, and behold, a certain disciple was there named Timothy, son of a faithful Jewish woman, but his father was a Greek.
2. Who was well attested by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.
3. Paul wanted him to go with him, and taking him, circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for all knew that his father was a Greek.
4. As they passed through the cities, they handed them the decrees to guard, those determined by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem.
5. So the churches grew strong in faith and multiplied in number day by day.
6. They passed through Phrygia and the Galatian region, prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia.
7. When they reached Mysia, they attempted to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.
8. They passed by Mysia and came down to Troas.
9. And a vision appeared to Paul during the night—a certain Macedonian man standing, urging him and saying, “Cross over into Macedonia and help us.”
10. After he saw the vision, we immediately sought to set out for Macedonia, convinced that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
11. So we set sail from Troas and ran straight to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis.
12. And from there to Philippi, which is the leading city of Macedonia's district, a colony. We stayed in this city some days.
13. On the Sabbath day we went outside the gate beside a river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered.
14. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira who worshiped God, was listening; the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to the things being spoken by Paul.
15. When she was baptized, along with her household, she urged us, saying, "If you have deemed me faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.
16. As we were going to prayer, a certain slave girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much gain by divining.
17. She followed Paul and us, crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who preach to you the way of salvation."
18. She kept doing this for many days, but Paul, deeply distressed, turned to the spirit and said, "I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to depart from her!" And it departed that very hour.
19. When her masters saw that the hope of their profits had vanished, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the magistrates.
20. Having brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are greatly troubling our city."
21. and proclaim customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor to practice, being Romans.
22. And the crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
23. When they had inflicted many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them securely.
24. Having received such a command, he cast them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25. But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
26. Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; immediately all the doors opened, and everyone's bonds were loosed.
27. The jailer, roused from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners had escaped.
28. But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Do nothing harmful to yourself, for we are all here."
29. He called for lights and sprang in, trembling as he fell down before Paul and Silas.
30. And bringing them outside, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
31. They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your house."
32. And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and everyone in his house.
33. He took them at that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized—he and all his household.
34. Having brought them into his house, he set a meal before them and rejoiced exceedingly with his whole household, having believed in God.
35. But when day came, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, "Release those men."
36. The jailer passed these words along to Paul: the magistrates have sent to release you; now then, come out and go in peace.
37. But Paul said to them, "They beat us publicly, uncondemned men who are Romans, and threw us into prison; and now do they drive us out secretly? No, but let them come themselves and bring us out."
38. The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.
39. And they came and implored them, led them out, and urged them to leave the city.
40. After leaving the prison, they entered Lydia's house, and seeing the brothers, they encouraged them and departed.

## Nearby chapters

[Acts 15](https://www.lumin.faith/read/acts/15.md)
[Acts 17](https://www.lumin.faith/read/acts/17.md)

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