Acts 16 (NET)

Acts 16:1¹He also came to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but whose father was a Greek.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 1:51 Cor 4:171 Thess 3:21 Tim 1:22 Tim 1:2Acts 17:14Acts 18:52 Thess 1:1Acts 14:6Col 1:1

Acts 16:2²The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 5:102 Tim 3:151 Tim 3:72 Tim 3:11Acts 13:51Acts 14:21Acts 16:40Acts 6:3Heb 11:21 Tim 5:25

Acts 16:3³Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 2:31 Cor 9:20Gal 5:6Gal 5:1-31 Cor 7:19Acts 15:20Acts 15:40Gal 2:8Acts 15:37

Acts 16:4⁴As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 15:28-29Acts 15:2Acts 11:30Acts 15:6

Acts 16:5⁵So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number every day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:31Acts 2:47Acts 6:71 Pet 5:10Acts 15:41Eph 4:13-161 Cor 15:58Acts 12:24Acts 13:48-49Col 2:6

Acts 16:6⁶They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in the province of Asia.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 18:23Acts 16:7Acts 11:12Acts 13:2-4Gal 1:21 Pet 1:12 Tim 4:10Acts 19:10Gal 3:11 Cor 12:11

Acts 16:7⁷When they came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to do this,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 4:6Phil 1:19Acts 8:29Rom 8:91 Pet 1:11 Pet 1:11

Acts 16:8⁸so they passed through Mysia and went down to Troas.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 2:122 Tim 4:13Acts 16:11Acts 20:5

Acts 16:9⁹A vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there urging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 18:5Acts 19:21Acts 9:10-12Acts 18:9-10Acts 20:1Rom 10:14-15Rom 15:261 Thess 1:7-81 Thess 4:102 Cor 11:9

Acts 16:10¹⁰After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 2:12-13Acts 14:7Acts 10:29Acts 16:10-17Acts 20:13-15Acts 20:5-8Acts 21:1-18Acts 26:13Acts 27:1-28:16Prov 3:27-28

Acts 16:11¹¹We put out to sea from Troas and sailed a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 21:1Acts 16:8

Acts 16:12¹²and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for some days.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:2Phil 1:1Acts 20:6Acts 16:21Acts 16:9

Acts 16:13¹³On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:14Acts 21:5Col 1:23Acts 13:42Acts 16:6Acts 17:2Acts 18:4Acts 20:7Gal 3:28John 8:2

Acts 16:14¹⁴A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 24:45Eph 1:17-18Isa 50:5John 6:44-45Rev 3:202 Cor 3:14-162 Cor 4:4-6Rom 9:161 Cor 3:6-7Phil 2:13

Acts 16:15¹⁵After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 11:14Heb 13:2Acts 16:33Gen 19:3Luke 24:291 Cor 1:13-161 Pet 5:123 John 1:53 John 1:8Phlm 1:17

Acts 16:16¹⁶Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 19:31Deut 18:9-11Isa 8:191 Chr 10:131 Sam 28:71 Tim 6:10Gal 5:20Acts 16:18Exod 7:11-121 Sam 28:3

Acts 16:17¹⁷She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 14:61 Pet 2:16Mark 5:7Dan 6:20Dan 3:26Dan 3:28Jonah 1:9Luke 1:79Luke 4:34Luke 4:41

Acts 16:18¹⁸She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out of her at once.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 16:17Luke 10:17-19Acts 19:12-17Acts 3:6Acts 9:34Mark 1:34Mark 9:25-26Col 2:15Mark 1:25-26Luke 9:1

Acts 16:19¹⁹But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 17:6Acts 21:302 Cor 6:5Acts 16:16Acts 18:12-13Acts 8:3Acts 14:19Acts 14:5Acts 15:26Acts 19:24-27

Acts 16:20²⁰When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are JewsCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 4:4Acts 28:22John 15:18-20Rom 12:21 Kgs 18:17-18Acts 17:6-8Acts 18:2Acts 19:34Esth 3:8-9Ezra 4:12-15

Acts 16:21²¹and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 3:8Acts 16:12Acts 26:3Jer 10:3

Acts 16:22²²The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:22 Cor 6:52 Cor 11:23-25Acts 22:22-26Heb 11:361 Pet 2:24Acts 16:37Acts 17:5Acts 18:12Acts 19:28-41

Acts 16:23²³After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 2:102 Tim 2:91 Sam 23:22-23Matt 27:63-66Acts 12:18Acts 12:4Acts 16:27Acts 16:36Acts 5:18Acts 5:23

Acts 16:24²⁴Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 13:27Job 33:11Jer 29:26Jer 38:261 Kgs 22:272 Chr 16:10Jer 20:2-3Jer 37:15-16Lam 3:53-55Ps 105:18

Acts 16:25²⁵About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:16-18Ps 119:62Jas 1:21 Pet 1:6-8Rom 5:3Phil 4:4-7Ps 77:6Col 3:15-17Heb 5:7Matt 5:10-11

Acts 16:26²⁶Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 4:31Acts 5:19Acts 12:10Acts 12:7Ps 146:7Matt 28:2Isa 42:7Ps 102:20Isa 61:1Ps 79:11

Acts 16:27²⁷When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 12:191 Kgs 16:181 Sam 31:4-52 Sam 17:23Judg 9:54Matt 27:5Acts 16:23-24

Acts 16:28²⁸But Paul called out loudly, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:15Luke 23:34Luke 6:27-28Eccl 7:17Exod 20:13Luke 10:32-37Matt 5:44Lev 19:18Luke 22:51Prov 24:11-12

Acts 16:29²⁹Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 3:9Dan 6:26Jer 10:10Acts 24:25Acts 9:5-6Isa 60:14Isa 66:2Isa 66:5Jer 5:22Ps 119:120

Acts 16:30³⁰Then he brought them outside and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:37John 6:27-29Acts 22:10Luke 3:10Acts 14:15Isa 58:9Jas 2:13Matt 3:8Acts 16:17Acts 16:24

Acts 16:31³¹They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 1:12John 3:36Acts 2:38-39Rom 10:9-10Acts 11:13-14Mark 16:16Gal 3:26John 11:25-26Isa 45:221 John 5:10-13

Acts 16:32³²Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 1:161 Thess 2:81 Tim 1:13-16Col 1:27-28Acts 10:33-43Eph 3:8Mark 16:15Rom 1:14

Acts 16:33³³At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:16Acts 16:15Acts 16:25Luke 10:33-34Acts 16:23Gal 5:13Gal 5:6Isa 11:6-9Luke 19:9Matt 25:35-40

Acts 16:34³⁴The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 15:13Acts 2:46Acts 11:14Acts 8:39Isa 12:1-3Isa 55:12Isa 58:7-11Isa 61:10Luke 15:32Phlm 1:7

Acts 16:35³⁵At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying, “Release those men.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:40Acts 4:21Jer 5:22Ps 76:10

Acts 16:36³⁶The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 15:33John 14:271 Sam 1:171 Sam 20:421 Sam 25:351 Sam 29:72 Kgs 5:19Acts 16:27Exod 4:18Judg 18:6

Acts 16:37³⁷But Paul said to the police officers, “They had us beaten in public without a proper trial —even though we are Roman citizens —and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:25-29Acts 16:20-24Dan 3:25-26Matt 10:16Prov 28:1Ps 58:1-2Ps 94:20Dan 6:18-19Ps 82:1-2

Acts 16:38³⁸The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizensCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:29Matt 14:5Matt 21:46

Acts 16:39³⁹and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 8:34Dan 6:23Mark 5:17Dan 6:16Exod 11:8Isa 45:14Isa 49:23Isa 60:14Mic 7:9-10Rev 3:9

Acts 16:40⁴⁰When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then departed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 3:2-3Acts 14:22Acts 16:142 Cor 1:3-72 Cor 4:16-182 Cor 4:8-12Acts 12:12-17Acts 4:23Acts 16:2