diff --git a/45-ACT/16.usfm b/45-ACT/16.usfm index 9c2ffb18..1e417720 100644 --- a/45-ACT/16.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/16.usfm @@ -2,24 +2,18 @@ \s5 \c 16 - - \p \v 1 Paul and Silas went to the cities of Derbe and Lystra and visited the believers there. A believer whose name was Timothy lived in Lystra. His mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was a Greek. \v 2 The believers in Lystra and Iconium said good things about Timothy, \v 3 and Paul wanted to take Timothy with him when he went to other places, so he circumcised Timothy. He did that so that the Jews who lived in those places would accept Timothy, because they knew that his non-Jewish father had not circumcised him. \s5 - - \p \v 4 So Timothy went with Paul and Silas, and they traveled to many other towns. In each town they told the believers the rules that had been decided by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. \p \v 5 They helped the believers in those towns to trust more strongly in the Lord Jesus, and every day more people became believers. \s5 - - \p \v 6 Paul and his companions were stopped from speaking the word in Asia by the Holy Spirit, so they went through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia. \v 7 They arrived at the border of the province of Mysia, and they wanted to go north into the province of Bithynia, but again the Spirit of Jesus kept them from going there. @@ -30,23 +24,17 @@ \v 10 After he saw the vision, we left for Macedonia, because we believed that God had called us to proclaim the good news with the people there. \s5 - - \p \v 11 We got on a boat and sailed from Troas to Samothrace, and the next day went to the city of Neapolis. \v 12 Then we left Neapolis and went to Philippi. It was a very important city in Macedonia, where many Roman citizens lived. We stayed in Philippi for many days. - - \p -\v 13 On the sabbath day we went outside the city gate down to the river. We had heard someone say that Jewish people gathered to pray there. When we arrived, we saw some women who had gathered to pray, so we sat down and began to tell them about Jesus. +\v 13 On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate down to the river. We had heard someone say that Jewish people gathered to pray there. When we arrived, we saw some women who had gathered to pray, so we sat down and began to tell them about Jesus. \s5 \v 14 A woman whose name was Lydia was one of the women who was listening to Paul. She was from the city of Thyatira, sold purple cloth, and worshiped God. The Lord God caused her to pay attention to the message that Paul spoke, and she believed it. \v 15 After Paul and Silas baptized Lydia and the others who lived in her house, she said to them, "If you believe I have been faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay there." After she said this, we stayed at her house. \s5 - - \p \v 16 Another day, while we were going to the place where people gathered to pray, we met a young woman who was a slave. An evil spirit was giving her power to tell the future about people. People paid money to the men who were her owners, in return for her telling them what would happen to them. \v 17 This young woman followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men serve the God who is the greatest of all gods! They are telling you how God can save you." @@ -63,8 +51,6 @@ \v 24 Because the officials had told him to do that, the jailer put Paul and Silas into the room that was farthest inside the prison. There, he made them sit down on the floor and stretch out their legs. Then he fastened their ankles in holes between two large pieces of wood, so that Paul and Silas could not move their legs. \s5 - - \p \v 25 About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and praising God by singing songs. The other prisoners were listening to them. \v 26 Suddenly there was a very strong earthquake that shook the jail. The earthquake caused all of the doors of the jail to open and all of the chains that fastened the prisoners to fall off. @@ -83,9 +69,8 @@ \v 32 Then Paul and Silas spoke about the Lord Jesus to him and everyone in his household. \v 33 Then the jailer washed their wounds, right at that time in the middle of the night. Then Paul and Silas baptized him and everyone in his household. \v 34 Then the jailer took Paul and Silas into his house and gave them food to eat. He and all in his household were all very happy because they had believed in God. + \s5 - - \p \v 35 The next morning, the city rulers told some soldiers to go to the prison to say to the jailer, "Let those two prisoners go now!" \v 36 When the jailer heard this, he went and told Paul, "The city rulers have told me to let you go. So you two can leave the prison now and go in peace!"