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    "language": "en",
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    "chapter": 16
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  "data": {
    "n": 16,
    "bookSlug": "acts",
    "bookCode": "ACT",
    "refId": "",
    "title": "The Macedonian call + Lydia's conversion and the Philippian jailer; the midnight earthquake",
    "translation": null,
    "segments": [],
    "lines": [],
    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "ACT-16:1",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.1",
        "text": "And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "ACT-16:2",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.2",
        "text": "The same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "ACT-16:3",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.3",
        "text": "Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts: for they all knew that his father was a Greek."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "ACT-16:4",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.4",
        "text": "And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep which had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "ACT-16:5",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.5",
        "text": "So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "ACT-16:6",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.6",
        "text": "And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;"
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "ACT-16:7",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.7",
        "text": "and when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;"
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "ACT-16:8",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.8",
        "text": "and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "ACT-16:9",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.9",
        "text": "And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There was a man of Macedonia standing, beseeching him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "ACT-16:10",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.10",
        "text": "And when he had seen the vision, straightway we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "ACT-16:11",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.11",
        "text": "Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;"
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "ACT-16:12",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.12",
        "text": "and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a [Roman] colony: and we were in this city tarrying certain days."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "ACT-16:13",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.13",
        "text": "And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "ACT-16:14",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.14",
        "text": "And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "ACT-16:15",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.15",
        "text": "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."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "ACT-16:16",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.16",
        "text": "And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "ACT-16:17",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.17",
        "text": "The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim unto you the way of salvation."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "ACT-16:18",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.18",
        "text": "And this she did for many days. But Paul, being sore troubled, turned and said to the spirit, I charge thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out that very hour."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "ACT-16:19",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.19",
        "text": "But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,"
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "ACT-16:20",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.20",
        "text": "and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,"
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "ACT-16:21",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.21",
        "text": "and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "ACT-16:22",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.22",
        "text": "And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "ACT-16:23",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.23",
        "text": "And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:"
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "ACT-16:24",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.24",
        "text": "who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "ACT-16:25",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.25",
        "text": "But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;"
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "ACT-16:26",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.26",
        "text": "and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one`s bands were loosed."
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "ACT-16:27",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.27",
        "text": "And the jailor, 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."
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "ACT-16:28",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.28",
        "text": "But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here."
      },{
        "n": 29,
        "refId": "ACT-16:29",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.29",
        "text": "And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,"
      },{
        "n": 30,
        "refId": "ACT-16:30",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.30",
        "text": "and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
      },{
        "n": 31,
        "refId": "ACT-16:31",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.31",
        "text": "And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house."
      },{
        "n": 32,
        "refId": "ACT-16:32",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.32",
        "text": "And they spake the word of the Lord unto him, with all that were in his house."
      },{
        "n": 33,
        "refId": "ACT-16:33",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.33",
        "text": "And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately."
      },{
        "n": 34,
        "refId": "ACT-16:34",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.34",
        "text": "And he brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his house, having believed in God."
      },{
        "n": 35,
        "refId": "ACT-16:35",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.35",
        "text": "But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go."
      },{
        "n": 36,
        "refId": "ACT-16:36",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.36",
        "text": "And the jailor reported the words to Paul, [saying], The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace."
      },{
        "n": 37,
        "refId": "ACT-16:37",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.37",
        "text": "But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do they now cast us out privily? Nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out."
      },{
        "n": 38,
        "refId": "ACT-16:38",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.38",
        "text": "And the sergeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;"
      },{
        "n": 39,
        "refId": "ACT-16:39",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.39",
        "text": "and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city."
      },{
        "n": 40,
        "refId": "ACT-16:40",
        "verseRef": "ACT.16.40",
        "text": "And they went out of the prison, and entered into [the house] of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed."
      }
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