44:016:014 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller
of purple, of the
city
of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose
heart
the
Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which
were
spoken
of Paul.
44:016:015 And when she was baptized, and her household,
she besought us,
saying,
If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come
into
my house, and abide there. And she constrained
us.
44:016:016 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer,
a certain damsel
possessed
with a spirit of divination met us, which brought
her
masters much gain by soothsaying:
44:016:017 The same followed Paul and us, and cried,
saying, These men
are
the servants of the most high God, which shew unto
us the
way
of salvation.
44:016:018 And this did she many days. But Paul,
being grieved, turned
and
said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus
Christ
to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
44:016:019 And when her masters saw that the hope
of their gains was
gone,
they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the
marketplace
unto the rulers,
44:016:020 And brought them to the magistrates, saying,
These men, being
Jews,
do exceedingly trouble our city,
44:016:021 And teach customs, which are not lawful
for us to receive,
neither
to observe, being Romans.
44:016:022 And the multitude rose up together against
them: and the
magistrates
rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat
them.
44:016:023 And when they had laid many stripes upon
them, they cast them
into
prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
44:016:024 Who, having received such a charge, thrust
them into the inner
prison,
and made their feet fast in the stocks.
44:016:025 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed,
and sang praises unto
God:
and the prisoners heard them.
44:016:026 And suddenly there was a great earthquake,
so that the
foundations
of the prison were shaken: and immediately all
the
doors
were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
44:016:027 And the keeper of the prison awaking out
of his sleep, and
seeing
the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would
have
killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been
fled.
44:016:028 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying,
Do thyself no harm:
for
we are all here.
44:016:029 Then he called for a light, and sprang
in, and came trembling,
and
fell down before Paul and Silas,
44:016:030 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what
must I do to be
saved?


