Acts 16:36 — Acts 17:15
36 And the jailer reported these words to Paul: The magistrates have sent that you may be released. Now therefore come out and go in peace.

37 But Paul said to them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now secretly they are thrusting us out? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out.

38 And the lictors reported these words to the magistrates. And they became frightened when they heard that they were Romans.

39 And they came and entreated them. And when they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

40 And they went out from the prison and entered the house of Lydia; and when they saw the brothers, they exhorted them and went forth.

CHAPTER 17
1 And they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the JEWS.

2 And according to his custom Paul went in to them, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

3 Opening and setting before them that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead, and saying, This is the Christ, the Jesus whom I announce to you.

4 And some of them were persuaded and were joined to Paul and Silas, as well as a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and of the chief women not a few.

5 But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some evil men from among the loafers in the marketplace, gathered a crowd and set the city in an uproar; and coming upon the house of Jason, they sought to bring them to the populace.

6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city officials, shouting, These men who have upset the world have come here also,

7 Whom Jason has welcomed; and these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

8 And they stirred up the crowd and the city officials, who listened to these things.

9 And when they had taken bail from Jason and the rest, they released them.

10 And the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away during the night to Berea, who, when they arrived, went off into the synagogue of the JEWS.

11 Now these people were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

12 Therefore many of them believed, and there were not a few Greek women of high standing and men.

13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been announced by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

14 And immediately the brothers then sent Paul off, to go as far as the sea; and Silas and Timothy remained there.

15 And those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they went off.

Acts 16:11 — Acts 16:35

11 And putting out to sea from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis,

12 And from there to Philippi, which is the leading city of that part of Macedonia, a Roman colony; and we spent some days in this city.

13 And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple-dyed goods from the city of Thyatira who worshipped God, was listening, whose heart the Lord opened to give heed to the things being spoken by Paul.

15 And when she was baptized, as well as her household, she entreated us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide. And she constrained us.

16 And as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain slave girl having a spirit of Python met us, who brought her masters much profit by divining.

17 This woman followed after Paul and us and cried out, saying, These men are slaves of the Most High God, who announce to you a way of salvation.

18 And she did this for many days. But Paul was greatly disturbed; and turning, he said to the spirit, I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit had gone out, they laid hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

20 And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, are throwing our city into confusion,

21 And they are announcing customs which are not lawful for us, being Romans, to accept or do.

22 And the crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore off their garments and ordered some to beat them with rods.

23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them securely,

24 Who, having received such a charge, threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

25 And about midnight Paul and Silas, while praying, sang hymns of praise to God; and the prisoners were listening to them.

26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken. And instantly all the doors were opened and everyone’s bonds were unfastened.

27 And the jailer, waking up out of his sleep and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword and was about to do away with himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

28 But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here.

29 And the jailer asked for lights and rushed in; and trembling, he fell down before Paul and Silas.

30 And leading them outside, he said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, you and your household.

32 And they spoke the word of God to him together with all those in his house.

33 And he took them with him in that very hour of the night and washed their wounds. And he was baptized immediately, he and all his household.

34 And he brought them up into his house and set a table before them; and he exulted because he had believed in God with all his household.

35 Now when day came, the magistrates sent the lictors, saying, Release those men.

Acts 15:35 — Acts 16:10

35 And Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and announcing the word of the Lord as the gospel with many others also.

36 Now after some days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brothers in every city in which we announced the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing.

37 And Barnabas intended to take John, who is called Mark, along with them also;

38 But Paul did not consider it suitable to take with them this one who withdrew from them in Pamphylia and did not go with them to the work.

39 And there was a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas, taking Mark along, sailed away to Cyprus.

40 But Paul chose Silas and went out, having been commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers.

41 And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

CHAPTER 16
1 And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but of a Greek father;

2 He was well attested to by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.

3 Paul wanted this one to go forth with him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep which had been decided upon by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem.

5 And so the churches were strengthened in the faith and increased in number daily.

6 And they passed through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

7 And when they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, yet the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.

8 And bypassing Mysia, they came down to Troas.

9 And a vision appeared to Paul during the night: A certain man, a Macedonian, was standing and entreating him and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.

10 And when he had seen the vision, we immediately endeavored to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to announce the gospel to them.

Acts 15:12 — Acts 15:34

12 And all the multitude became silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul relating all the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

13 And when they finished speaking, James answered, saying, Men, brothers, listen to me.

14 Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles to take out from them a people for His name.

15 And with this the words of the prophets agree, even as it is written,

16 “After these things I will return, and I will rebuild the tabernacle of David which has fallen; and I will rebuild its ruins and erect it again,

17 So that the remainder of men may seek out the Lord, even all the Gentiles upon whom My name has been called,

18 Says the Lord, who is making these things known from of old.”

19 Therefore I judge that we do not harass those from the Gentiles who are turning to God,

20 But that we write to them to abstain from the contamination of idols and fornication and what is strangled and blood.

21 For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who proclaim him in the synagogues, he being read every Sabbath.

22 It then seemed good to the apostles and the elders with the whole church to choose men from among them to send to Antioch together with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, who is called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers,

23 Writing to them and sending by their hand the following: The apostles and the elder brothers, to the brothers throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia who are of the Gentiles, rejoice.

24 Since we have heard that certain ones who went out from among us have troubled you with their words, unsettling your souls, to whom we gave no instruction,

25 It seemed good to us, having become of one accord, to choose men to send to you together with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

26 Men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

27 Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will report the same things by word of mouth.

28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

29 To abstain from things that have been sacrificed to idols and blood and things strangled and fornication, from which if you carefully keep yourselves, you will do well. May you be strong.

30 So when they had been sent away, they went down to Antioch; and when they had gathered the multitude together, they handed them the letter.

31 And when they read it, they rejoiced at the encouragement.

32 And Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, exhorted the brothers through much speaking and confirmed them.

33 And when they had spent some time there, they were sent away with peace from the brothers to those who had sent them.

34 But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.

Acts 14:21 — Acts 15:11

21 And when they had announced the gospel to that city and had made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,

22 Establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith and saying that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

23 And when they had appointed elders for them in every church and had prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord into whom they had believed.

24 And they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.

25 And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they came down to Attalia.

26 And from there they sailed away to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

27 And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared the things that God had done with them and that He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

28 And they spent no little time there with the disciples.

CHAPTER 15
1 And certain men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.

2 And when no little dissension and discussion with them came about through Paul and Barnabas, the brothers directed Paul and Barnabas and certain others among them to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem concerning this question.

3 They therefore, having been sent forward by the church, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, telling in detail about the turning of the Gentiles; and they brought great joy to all the brothers.

4 And when they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared the things that God had done with them.

5 But certain men from the sect of the Pharisees who had believed rose up from among them, saying, It is necessary to circumcise them and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.

6 And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

7 And when much discussion had taken place, Peter rose up and said to them, Men, brothers, you know that from the early days God chose from among you that through my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.

8 And God, the Knower of hearts, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as also to us;

9 And He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

10 Therefore why are you now testing God by placing a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus we are saved in the same way also as they are.