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Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next
day to Neapolis,
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and from there to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia,
and a colony; and we were in that city abiding certain days.
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And on one of the sabbaths we went out of the city by a river side, where it was customary to pray; and we sat down and spoke unto the women who gathered
there.
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Then a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who feared God, heard
us, whose heart the Lord opened that she attended unto the things which were spoken by Paul.
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And when she was baptized, with her household, she besought
us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide
there. And she constrained us.
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And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a Pythian spirit met us, which brought her masters much gain by divination:
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she followed Paul and us and cried out, saying, These men are the slaves of the most high God, who announce unto us the way of deliverance.
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And she did this
for many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
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And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas and drew
them into the marketplace unto the rulers
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and brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city
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and teach rites which are not lawful for us to receive neither to observe, being Romans.