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having set sail, therefore, from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, on the morrow also to Neapolis,
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thence also to Philippi, which is a principal city of the part of Macedonia -- a colony. And we were in this city abiding certain days,
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on the sabbath-day also we went forth outside of the city, by a river, where there used to be prayer, and having sat down, we were speaking to the women who came together,
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and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul;
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and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, `If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us.
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And it came to pass in our going on to prayer, a certain maid, having a spirit of Python, did meet us, who brought much employment to her masters by soothsaying,
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she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, `These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;'
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and this she was doing for many days, but Paul having been grieved, and having turned, said to the spirit, `I command thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come forth from her;' and it came forth the same hour.
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And her masters having seen that the hope of their employment was gone, having caught Paul and Silas, drew [them] to the market-place, unto the rulers,
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and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, `These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;
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and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.'