3. Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
4. As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the emissaries and elders who were at Jerusalem.
5. So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
6. When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
7. When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.
8. Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
9. A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”
10. When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to proclaim the Good News to them.
11. Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
12. and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.
13. On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
14. A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
15. When she and her household were immersed, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.
16. As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.
17. Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”
18. She was doing this for many days.But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Yeshua the Messiah to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.
19. But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
20. When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city
21. and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”
22. The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.