The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .xvi. Chapter.

THen came he to Derba and to Lystra. [ A] And beholde a certayne disciple was* 1.1 there named Timotheus / a womans sonne which was a Iewas and beleved: but his father was a Greke. Of whom reported well / the brethren of Lystra and of Iconium. The same Paul wolde y^t he shuld goo forth with him / & toke and circumcised him because of the Iewes which were in those quarters: for they knewe all that his father was a Gre¦ke. As they went thorow y^e cities / they delyve¦red thē the decrees for to kepe / ordeyned of the Apostles & elders which were at Ierusalem. And so were the congregacions stablisshed in the fayth / and encreased in noumbre dayly. [ B]

When they had goone thorow out Phri∣gia / & the region of Galacia / & were forbyddē of the holy gost to preach the worde in Asia / they came to Misia / & sought to goo into Be∣thinia. But the sprete soffered thē not. Then they went over Misia / & cam doune to Troa∣da. And a vision appered to Paul in y^e nyght. There stode a man of Macedonia and prayed him sayinge: come into Macedonia & helpe vs. After he had sene y^e vision / immediatly we prepared to goo into Macedonia / certified y^• the lorde had called vs for to preache the gos∣pell vnto them. Then lowsed we forth from Troada / & with a strayght course came to Sa¦mothracia / and the nexte daye to Neapolim /

& from thence to Philippos / which is the che¦fest citie in y^e parte of Macedonia / & a fre cite.

We were in that cite abydynge a certayne dayes. And on the saboth dayes we went out [ C] of the cite besydes a ryver where men were wont to praye / & we sate doune and spake vn¦to the wemen which resorted thyther▪ And a certayne woman named Lydia / a seller of pur∣ple / of the cite of Thiatira / which worship∣ped* 1.2 God / gave vs audience. Whose hert the Lorde opened that she attended vnto the thin∣ges which Paul spake. When she was bapti∣sed and her housholde / she besought vs say∣inge: Yf ye thinke that I beleve on the Lor∣de / come into my housse / and abyde there. And she constrayned vs.

And it fortuned as we went to prayer / a cer¦tayn [ D] damsell possessed with a sprete that pro∣phesied* 1.3 / met vs / which brought her master and mastres moche vauntage with prophe∣syinge. The same folowed Paul and vs and cryed sayinge: these men are the servauntes of the most hye God / which shewe vnto vs the waye of salvacion. And this dyd she ma∣ny dayes. But Paul not cōtent / turned about and sayd to the sprete: I commaunde the in the name of Iesu Christ / that thou come out of her. And he came out the same houre.

And when her master & mastres sawe y^t the* 1.4 hope of their gaynes was gone / they caught Paul & Sylas / & drue thē into the market pla¦ce vnto the rulars / & brought them to the of∣ficers sayinge: These men trouble oure cite /

which are Iewes and preache ordinaunces / which are not laufull for vs to receave / nether [ E] to observe / seinge we are Romayns. And the people ranne on them / and the officers rent their clothes / and cōmaunded them to be bea∣ten with roddes. And when they had beaten* 1.5 them sore / they cast them into preson / cōmaun dynge the iayler to kepe them surely. Which iayler when he had receaved suche cōmaund∣ment / thrust them into the ynner preson / & ma¦de their fete fast in the stockes.

At mydnyght Paul & Sylas prayed / & lau∣ded God. And the presoners hearde them. And sodenly ther was a greate erth quake / so that y^e fonndacion of the preson was shaken / and by and by all the dores opened / & every mannes bondes were lowsed. When the ke∣pe•• [ F] of y^e preson waked out of his slepe & sawe the preson dores open / he drue out his swear∣de and wolde have▪ kylled him selfe / supposyn¦ge the presoners had bene fledde. But Paul cryed with a lowde voyce sayinge: Do thy sel∣fe no harme / for we are all heare.

Then he called for a lyght and sprange in / and came tremblynge / and fell doune before Paul and Sylas / & brought them out & say∣de: Syrs / what must I do to be saved? And they sayde▪ beleve on the Lorde Iesus / & thou shalt be saved and thy housholde. And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lorde / and to all that were in his housse. And he to∣ke them the same houre of the nyght & was∣shed their woundes / & was baptised with all

that belonged vnto him strayght waye. Whē he had brought them into his housse / he set meate before them / and ioyed that he with all his housholde / boleved on God.

And when it was daye / the officers sent the [ G] ministres sayinge: Let those men goo. The ke¦per of y^• preson tolde this sayinge to Paul the officiers have sent worde to lowse you. Now therfore get you hence & goo in peace. Then sayde Paul vnto them: they have beaten vs openly vncomdempned / for all y^t we are Ro∣mayns / & have cast vs into preson: and now wolde they sende vs awaye prevely? Naye not so / but let them come thē selves & ••et vs out. When the ministres tolde these wordes vn∣to the officers / they feared when they hearde that they were Romayns / & came & besought them / & brought them out / & desyred them to departe out of the cite. And they wēt out of y^• preson & entred into the housse of Lidia / & whē they had sene the brethren / they comforted them & departed.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Timoth∣eus.
• * 1.2

  Lidia.
• * 1.3

  A spirite is cast ou¦te.
• * 1.4

  Vaunta∣ge.
• * 1.5

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