During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” We got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

We traveled to Philippi and we stayed there several days.

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"Paul’s Macedonian Vision"

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"Paul’s Vision of a Macedonian Man"

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"Paul's Call to Macedonia"

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A woman named Lydia 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.

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"Paul and Lydia"

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"Paul with Lydia"

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"Lydia"

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MARIE ELLENRIEDER
"Baptism of Lydia"

Once 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, 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. They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”

The magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. He put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

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JOHN OPIE
"Paul Expelling the Evil Spirit from the Damsel of Philippi"

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LOUIS TESTELIN
"The Flogging of Paul and Silas"

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"Paul and Silas Are Whipped in Philippi"

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WILLIAM HATHERELL
"Paul and Silas in Prison"

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MICHAEL VÁCLAV HALBAX
"St Paul and Silas in Prison"

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose. The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”

The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

They replied, “BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS, AND YOU WILL BE SAVED—you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his family were baptized. The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole family.

When it was daylight, the jailer told Paul, “The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released.”

But Paul said to the officers: “No! Let them come themselves and escort us out.”

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EVELYN STUART HARDY
"Paul and Silas Joyful in Prison"

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"Paul and Silas in Prison"

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JOSEPH KENNY MEADOWS
"Paul and Silas in Prison"

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RICHARD HOOK
"Paul & Silas Praise God in Jail"

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PHILIP GALLE
"The Jailer about to Kill Himself,
Converted by Saint Paul"

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WILLIAM HENRY MARGETSON
"Paul and Silas in Prison"

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CHARLES HENRY NIEHAUS
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MORTIER
"Paul & Silas in Prison"

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WASHINGTON ALLSTON
"Paul and Silas in Prison"

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"Paul and Silas with the Jailer"

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After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house, where they met with the brothers and encouraged them. Then they left.

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NICOLAS DE PLATTEMONTAGNE
"Paul and Silas Leaving the Prison in Philippi"