Verse 17
Acts 16:17
Geneva Bible
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She followed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying, These men are the seruants of the most high God (Elohim), which shewe vnto you the way of saluation.
Original Language Text
greek
αὕτη ⸀κατακολουθοῦσα τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ ἡμῖν ἔκραζεν λέγουσα· Οὗτοι οἱ ἄνθρωποι δοῦλοι τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ὑψίστου εἰσίν, οἵτινες καταγγέλλουσιν ⸀ὑμῖν ὁδὸν σωτηρίας.
English Translation
This woman followed Paul and us, crying out, saying, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation."
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Chapter 16 Context
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Then came he to Derbe and to Lystra: and beholde, a certaine disciple was there named Timotheus, a w...
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Of whom the brethren which were at Lystra and Iconium, reported well.
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Therefore Paul would that he should go forth with him, and tooke and circumcised him, because of ye...
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And as they went through the cities, they deliuered them the decrees to keepe, ordeined of the Apost...
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And so were the Churches stablished in the faith, and encreased in number daily.
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Nowe when they had gone throughout Phrygia, and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden of the ho...
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Then came they to Mysia, and sought to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
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Therefore they passed through Mysia, and came downe to Troas,
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Where a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stoode a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, sayin...
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And after he had seene the vision, immediatly we prepared to goe into Macedonia, being assured that...
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Then went we forth from Troas, and with a straight course came to Samothracia, and the next day to N...
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And from thence to Philippi, which is the chiefe citie in ye partes of Macedonia, and whose inhabita...
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And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the citie, besides a Riuer, where they were wont to pray: and...
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And a certaine woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worship...
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And when she was baptized, and her houshold, she besought vs, saying, If ye haue iudged me to be fai...
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And it came to passe that as we went to prayer, a certaine maide hauing a spirit of diuination, mett...
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She followed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying, These men are the seruants of the most high God (Elohim...
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And this did she many dayes: but Paul being grieued, turned about, and said to the spirit, I commaun...
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Nowe when her masters sawe that the hope of their gaine was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and dr...
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And brought them to the gouernours, saying, These men which are Iewes, trouble our citie,
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And preache ordinances, which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, seeing we are R...
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The people also rose vp together against them, and the gouernours rent their clothes, and commanded...
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And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison, commaunding the Iayler to keepe them...
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Who hauing receiued such commandement, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feete fast in...
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Nowe at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sung Psalmes vnto God (Elohim): and the prisoners heard...
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And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison was shaken: and by a...
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Then the keeper of the prison waked out of his sleepe, and when he sawe the prison doores open, he d...
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But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying, Doe thy selfe no harme: for we are all here.
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Then he called for a light, and leaped in, and came trembling, and fell downe before Paul and Silas,
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And brought them out, and said, Syrs, what must I doe to be saued?
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And they saide, Beleeue in the Lord Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, and thine houshold.
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And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, and to all that were in the house.
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Afterwarde he tooke them the same houre of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized wit...
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And when he had brought them into his house, he set meate before them, and reioyced that he with all...
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And when it was day, the gouernours sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.
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Then the keeper of the prison tolde these woordes vnto Paul, saying, The gouerness haue sent to loos...
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Then sayde Paul vnto them, After that they haue beaten vs openly vncodemned, which are Romanes, they...
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And the sergeants tolde these woordes vnto the gouernours, who feared whe they heard that they were...
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Then came they and praied them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the citie.
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And they went out of the prison, and entred into the house of Lydia: and when they had seene the bre...
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