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- Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.
- This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved."
- She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled 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.
- When the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.
- They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar
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- It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling.
- Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, "These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation."
- She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment.
- But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the authorities,
- and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,
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- by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice."
- The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten.
- After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.
- Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
- About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
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- and are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans."
- The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods.
- When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely;
- and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
- But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
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- Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose.
- The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.
- But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! We are all here!"
- The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
- He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
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- and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were unfastened.
- 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.
- But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!"
- And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,
- and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
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- They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved--you and your household."
- Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house.
- At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his family were baptized.
- The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God--he and his whole family.
- When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: "Release those men."
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- They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."
- And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his house.
- And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
- And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household.
- Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, "Release those men."
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- The jailer told Paul, "The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace."
- But Paul said to the officers: "They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out."
- The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed.
- They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city.
- After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia's house, where they met with the brothers and encouraged them. Then they left.
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- And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The chief magistrates have sent to release you Therefore come out now and go in peace."
- But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us in public without trial, men who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out."
- The policemen reported these words to the chief magistrates. They were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,
- and they came and appealed to them, and when they had brought them out, they kept begging them to leave the city.
- They went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia, and when they saw the brethren, they encouraged them and departed.
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