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From
Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the
next day on to Neapolis. From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman
colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we
stayed there several days.
On the
Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we
expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak
to the women who had gathered there.
One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a
dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a
worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's
message. When she and the members of her household were baptized,
she invited us to her home. "If you consider me a believer in
the Lord," she said, "come and stay at my house." And
she persuaded us.
Paul and Silas in Prison
Once when we were going to
the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by
which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for
her owners by fortune-telling. This girl followed Paul and the rest
of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God,
who are telling you the way to be saved." She kept this up for
many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and
said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you
to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her.
When
the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of making
money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the
marketplace to face the authorities.
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