He came to Derbe and Lystra; and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed, but his father was a Greek. 2Ti 1:51Co 4:171Th 3:21Ti 1:22Ti 1:2Act 17:14Act 18:52Th 1:1 The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him. 1Ti 5:102Ti 3:151Ti 3:72Ti 3:11Act 13:51Act 14:21Act 16:40Act 6:3 Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. Gal 2:31Co 9:20Gal 5:6Gal 5:1-31Co 7:19Act 15:20Act 15:40Gal 2:8 As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem. Act 15:28-29Act 15:2Act 11:30Act 15:6 So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily. Act 9:31Act 2:47Act 6:71Pe 5:10Act 15:41Eph 4:13-161Co 15:58Act 12:24
When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. Act 18:23Act 16:7Act 11:12Act 13:2-4Gal 1:21Pe 1:12Ti 4:10Act 19:10 When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them. Gal 4:6Php 1:19Act 8:29Rom 8:91Pe 1:11Pe 1:11 Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas. 2Co 2:122Ti 4:13Act 16:11Act 20:5 A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.” Act 18:5Act 19:21Act 9:10-12Act 18:9-10Act 20:1Rom 10:14-15Rom 15:261Th 1:7-8 When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them. 2Co 2:12-13Act 14:7Act 10:29Act 16:10-17Act 20:13-15Act 20:5-8Act 21:1-18Act 26:13 Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis; Act 21:1Act 16:8 and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city. 1Th 2:2Php 1:1Act 20:6Act 16:21Act 16:9
On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together. Act 13:14Act 18:4Act 21:5Col 1:23Act 13:42Act 16:6Act 17:2Act 20:7 A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul. Luk 24:45Eph 1:17-18Isa 50:5Jhn 6:44-45Rev 3:202Co 3:14-162Co 4:4-6Rom 9:16 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us. Act 11:14Heb 13:2Act 16:33Gen 19:3Luk 24:291Co 1:13-161Pe 5:123Jn 1:5
As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling. Lev 19:31Deu 18:9-11Isa 8:191Ch 10:131Sa 28:71Ti 6:10Gal 5:20Act 16:18 Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!” Jhn 14:61Pe 2:16Mrk 5:7Dan 6:20Dan 3:26Dan 3:28Jon 1:9Luk 1:79 She was doing this for many days. Mrk 16:17Luk 10:17-19Act 19:12-17Act 3:6Act 9:34Mrk 1:34Mrk 9:25-26Col 2:15
But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour. But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers. Act 17:6Act 21:302Co 6:5Act 16:16Act 18:12-13Act 8:3Act 14:19Act 14:5 When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city Jas 4:4Act 28:22Jhn 15:18-20Rom 12:21Ki 18:17-18Act 17:6-8Act 18:2Act 19:34 and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.” Est 3:8Act 16:12Act 26:3Jer 10:3
The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods. 1Th 2:22Co 6:52Co 11:23-25Act 22:22-26Heb 11:361Pe 2:24Act 16:37Act 17:5 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely. Rev 2:102Ti 2:91Sa 23:22-23Mat 27:63-66Act 12:18Act 12:4Act 16:27Act 16:36 Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks. Job 13:27Job 33:11Jer 29:26Jer 38:261Ki 22:272Ch 16:10Jer 20:2-3Jer 37:15-16
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 1Th 5:16-18Psa 119:62Jas 1:2Rom 5:31Pe 1:6-8Php 4:4-7Psa 77:6Heb 5:7 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened. Act 4:31Act 5:19Act 12:10Act 12:7Psa 146:7Mat 28:2Isa 42:7Psa 102:20 The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. Act 12:191Ki 16:181Sa 31:4-52Sa 17:23Jdg 9:54Mat 27:5Act 16:23-24 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!” 1Th 5:15Luk 23:34Luk 6:27-28Ecc 7:17Exo 20:13Luk 10:32-37Mat 5:44Lev 19:18
He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas, Rev 3:9Dan 6:26Jer 10:10Act 24:25Act 9:5-6Isa 60:14Isa 66:2Isa 66:5 brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Act 2:37Jhn 6:27-29Act 22:10Luk 3:10Act 14:15Isa 58:9Jas 2:13Mat 3:8
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” Jhn 1:12Jhn 3:36Act 2:38-39Rom 10:9-10Act 11:13-14Mrk 16:16Gal 3:26Isa 45:22 They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house. Col 1:27-28Rom 1:161Th 2:81Ti 1:13-16Act 10:33-43Eph 3:8Mrk 16:15Rom 1:14
He took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household. 1Co 1:16Act 16:15Act 16:25Luk 10:33-34Act 16:23Gal 5:13Gal 5:6Isa 11:6-9 He brought them up into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly with all his household, having believed in God. Rom 15:13Act 2:46Act 11:14Act 8:39Isa 12:1-3Isa 55:12Isa 58:7-11Isa 61:10
But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.” Act 5:40Act 4:21Jer 5:22Psa 76:10
The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace.” Act 15:33Jhn 14:271Sa 1:171Sa 20:421Sa 25:351Sa 29:72Ki 5:19Act 16:27
But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!” Act 22:25-29Act 16:20-24Dan 3:25-26Mat 10:16Pro 28:1Psa 58:1-2Psa 94:20Dan 6:18-19
The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans, Act 22:29Mat 14:5Mat 21:46 and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city. Mat 8:34Dan 6:23Mrk 5:17Dan 6:16Exo 11:8Isa 45:14Isa 49:23Isa 60:14 They went out of the prison and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, then departed. 1Th 3:2-3Act 14:22Act 16:142Co 1:3-72Co 4:16-182Co 4:8-12Act 12:12-17Act 4:23