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Acts 16 - Read-Along · The Five Minute Bible Podcast

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  Acts chapter 16. Paul came also to Derby and to
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  Lystra, and a disciple was there named Timothy, the son of a
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  Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek, and
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  he was well spoken of by the brethren who were in Lystra and
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  Iconium. Paul wanted this man to go with
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  him, and he took him and circumcised him, because of the
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  Jews who were in those parts, but they all knew that his
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  father was a Greek. Now while they were passing
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  through the cities, they were delivering the decrees which had
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  been decided upon by the apostles and elders who were in
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  Jerusalem for them to observe. So the churches were being
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  strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number daily.
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  They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been
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  forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the Word in Asia.
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  And after they came to migia they were trying to go into
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  Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them, and
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  passing by Migia they came down to Troas.
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  A vision appeared to Paul in the night.
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  A man of Macedonia was standing and appealing to him and saying,
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  Come over to Macedonia and help us.
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  When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into
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  Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the
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  gospel to them. So putting out to sea from Troas
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  we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day
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  following to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, which is a
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  leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony.
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  And we were staying in the city for some days.
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  And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a Riverside,
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  where we were supposing that there would be a place of
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  prayer. And we sat down and began
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  speaking to the women who had assembled, a woman named Lydia
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  from the city of Thyatira, a cellar of purple fabrics.
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  A worshipper of God was listening, and the Lord opened
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  her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.
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  And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us,
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  saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come
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  into my house and stay. And she prevailed upon us.
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  It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a
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  slave girl having a spirit of divination met us who was
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  bringing her master's much profit by fortune telling
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  following after Paul and us. She kept crying out saying,
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  These men are bond servants of the Most High God, who are
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  proclaiming to you the way of salvation.
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  She continued doing this for many days, but Paul was greatly
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  annoyed and turned and said to the Spirit, I command you in the
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  name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.
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  And it came out at that very moment.
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  But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone,
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  they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the
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  marketplace before the authorities.
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  When they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they
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  said, These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,
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  and are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to
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  accept or to observe, being Romans.
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  The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief
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  magistrates tore their robes off them, and proceeded to order
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  them to be beaten with rods. When they had struck them with
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  many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to
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  guard them securely, and he, having received such a command,
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  threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the
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  stocks. But at about midnight Paul and
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  Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the
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  prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there came a
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  great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house
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  were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened and
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  everyone's chains were unfastened.
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  When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew
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  his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the
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  prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried out with a loud
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  voice, saying, Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.
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  And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with
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  fear he fell down before Paul and Silas.
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  And after he brought them out, he said, Sirs, what must I do to
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  be saved? They said, Believe in the Lord
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  Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.
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  And they spoke the word of the Lord to him, together with all
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  who were in his house. And he took them that very hour
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  of night and washed their wounds.
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  And immediately he was baptized, he and all his household, and he
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  brought them into his house and set food before them, and
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  rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole
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  household. Now when day came, the chief
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  magistrates sent their policemen saying, release those men.
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  And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, The chief
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  magistrates have sent to release you therefore come out now and
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  go in peace. But Paul said to them, They have
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  beaten us in public without trial men who are Romans and
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  have thrown us into prison, and now they are sending us away
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  secretly. No, indeed, but let them come
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  themselves and bring us out. The policemen reported these
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  words to the chief magistrates. They were afraid when they heard
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  that they were Romans, and they came and appealed to them.
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  When they had brought them out, they kept begging them to leave
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  the city. They went out of the prison and
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  entered the House of Lydia, and when they saw the brethren, they
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  encouraged them and departed.