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And it came to pass ,
as we went to prayer ,
a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us ,
which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying :
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The same followed Paul and us ,
and cried ,
saying ,
These men are the servants of the most high God ,
which shew unto us the way of salvation .
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And this did she many days .
But Paul ,
being grieved ,
turned and said to the spirit ,
I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her .
And he came out the same hour .
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And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone ,
they caught Paul and Silas ,
and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers ,
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And brought them to the magistrates ,
saying ,
These men ,
being Jews ,
do exceedingly trouble our city ,
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And teach customs ,
which are not lawful for us to receive ,
neither to observe ,
being Romans .
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And the multitude rose up together against them :
and the magistrates rent off their clothes ,
and commanded to beat them .
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And when they had laid many stripes upon them ,
they cast them into prison ,
charging the jailor to keep them safely :
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Who ,
having received such a charge ,
thrust them into the inner prison ,
and made their feet fast in the stocks .
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And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed ,
and sang praises unto God :
and the prisoners heard them .
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And suddenly there was a great earthquake ,
so that the foundations of the prison were shaken :
and immediately all the doors were opened ,
and every one '
s bands were loosed .
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And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep ,
and seeing the prison doors open ,
he drew out his sword ,
and would have killed himself ,
supposing that the prisoners had been fled .
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But Paul cried with a loud voice ,
saying ,
Do thyself no harm :
for we are all here .
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Then he called for a light ,
and sprang in ,
and came trembling ,
and fell down before Paul and Silas ,
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And brought them out ,
and said ,
Sirs ,
what must I do to be saved ?
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And they said ,
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ ,
and thou shalt be saved ,
and thy house .
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And they spake unto him the word of the Lord ,
and to all that were in his house .
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And he took them the same hour of the night ,
and washed their stripes ;
and was baptized ,
he and all his ,
straightway .
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And when he had brought them into his house ,
he set meat before them ,
and rejoiced ,
believing in God with all his house .
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And when it was day ,
the magistrates sent the serjeants ,
saying ,
Let those men go .
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And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul ,
The magistrates have sent to let you go :
now therefore depart ,
and go in peace .
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But Paul said unto them ,
They have beaten us openly uncondemned ,
being Romans ,
and have cast us into prison ;
and now do they thrust us out privily ?
nay verily ;
but let them come themselves and fetch us out .
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And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates :
and they feared ,
when they heard that they were Romans .
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And they came and besought them ,
and brought them out ,
and desired them to depart out of the city .
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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 .