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¹ And he came even unto Derbe, and unto Lystra; and lo! a certain disciple, was there, by name Timothy, son of a believing Jewish woman, but whose father was a Greek, - ² who was well-attested by the brethren in Lystra, and Iconium.³ The same, would Paul have go forth with him, and took and circumcised him, on account of the Jews who were in those places; for they one and all knew that, his father, was, a Greek.⁴ And, as they passed through the cities, they were delivering unto them, for observance, the decrees which had been decided upon by the Apostles and Elders who were in Jerusalem.⁵ The assemblies, therefore, were being confirmed in the faith, and increasing in number, every day.

⁶ And they passed through the Phrygian and Galatian country, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;⁷ but, coming along Mysia, they were attempting to journey into Bithynia, - and, the Spirit of Jesus, suffered them not;⁸ but, passing by Mysia, they came down unto Troas.⁹ And, a vision, by night, unto Paul appeared: - A man of Macedonia, there was, standing and beseeching him, and saying - Come over into Macedonia, and bring us succour!¹⁰ Now, when, the vision, he had seen, straightway, we sought to go forth unto Macedonia, concluding that God, had summoned us to tell the glad tidings unto them.¹¹ Setting sail, therefore, from Troas, we ran straight into Samothracia, and, on the morrow, unto New City,¹² and, from thence, unto Philippi, - which, indeed, is the first city of the part of Macedonia - a colony. And we were, in this city, spending certain days;¹³ and on the day of rest, we went forth outside the gate, beside a river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, - and, sitting down, we went on to speak unto the women who had come together.¹⁴ And, a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, devout towards God, was hearkening, whose heart, the Lord, fully opened, to be giving heed unto the things being spoken by Paul.¹⁵ And, when she was immersed, and her house, she besought us , saying - If ye have judged me to be a believer in the Lord, come into my house, and abide there . And she constrained us.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as we were on our way unto the place of prayer, a certain damsel, having a spirit of Python, met us, - who, indeed, much gain, was presenting unto her masters, by divining.¹⁷ The same, following after Paul and us, kept crying aloud, saying - These men, are servants of the Most High God, - who, indeed, are declaring unto you a way of salvation.¹⁸ And, this, she continued to do for many days. But Paul, worn out, and turning unto the spirit, said - I charge thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out from her. And it came out the same hour.¹⁹ And, her masters, seeing that their hope of gain had gone out, laying hold on Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market-place, unto the rulers;²⁰ and, leading them forward unto the magistrates, said - These men, are exceedingly troubling our city, they, being Jews,²¹ And are declaring customs, which it is not allowable for us either to accept or to observe, being Romans.²² And the multitude rose up together against them, and, the magistrates, rending off them their mantles, were giving orders to beat them with rods;²³ and, laying upon them many stripes, they thrust them into prison, charging the prison-keeper, safely, to be keeping them:²⁴ who, a charge like this receiving, thrust them into the inner prison, and, their feet, made he fast in the stocks.

²⁵ And, at midnight, Paul and Silas, being at prayer, began singing praise unto God; and the prisoners unto them, did hearken.²⁶ And, suddenly, a great earthquake took place, - so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, and all the doors were instantlyset open, and the bonds of all were unfastened.²⁷ And, the prison-keeper, being wakened and seeing that the doors of the prison had been opened, drawing his sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to have fled.²⁸ But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying - By no means, do thyself harm, for we are, one and all, here.²⁹ And, asking for a light, he sprang in, and becoming, agitated, fell down unto Paul and Silas,³⁰ and, leading them forth outside, said - Sirs! what must I be doing, that I may be saved?³¹ And, they, said - Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou, and thy house.³² And they spake unto him the word of God, with all who were in his house.³³ And, taking them with him, in that hour of the night, he bathed them from their stripes, and was immersed, he, and his, one and all, on the spot;³⁴ and, leading them up into his house, he set near a table, - and exulted, having, with all his house, believed in God.

³⁵ And. when day came. the magistrates sent off the constables saying - Let those men go!³⁶ And the prison-keeper reported the words unto Paul - The magistrates have sent, that ye be let go. Now, therefore, going forth, be taking your journey in peace.³⁷ But, Paul, said unto them - Beating us, in public, uncondemned, men that are Romans, they thrust us into prison; - and, now, by stealth, are they thrusting us forth? Nay, verily! but let them come, themselves, and lead us out!³⁸ And the constables reported unto the magistrates these words; and they were struck with fear, when they heard that they were, Romans;³⁹ and came, and besought them, and, leading them out, went on to request them to depart from the city.⁴⁰ And so, coming forth from the prison, they went unto Lydia, and, seeing the brethren, they comforted them, and went forth.