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than these necessary things: Chapter 16
29 That you abstain from things sacrificed to
idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, And he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold,
and from fornication; from which things keeping there was a certain disciple there named Timo-
yourselves, you shall do well. Fare ye well. thy, the son of a Jewish woman that believed;
30 They therefore being dismissed, went down but his father was a Gentile.
to Antioch; and gathering together the multi- 2 To this man the brethren that were in Lystra
tude, delivered the epistle. and Iconium, gave a good testimony.
31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced 3 Him Paul would have to go along with him:
for the consolation. and taking him he circumcised him, because of
32 But Judas and Silas, being prophets also the Jews who were in those places. For they all
themselves, with many words comforted the knew that his father was a Gentile.
brethren, and confirmed them. 4 And as they passed through the cities, they
33 And after they had spent some time there, delivered unto them the decrees for to keep, that
they were let go with peace by the brethren, unto were decreed by the apostles and ancients who
them that had sent them. were at Jerusalem.
34 But it seemed good unto Silas to remain 5 And the churches were confirmed in faith,
there; and Judas alone departed to Jerusalem. and increased in number daily.
35 And Paul and Barnabas continued at Anti- 6 And when they had passed through Phrygia,
och, teaching and preaching, with many others, and the country of Galatia, they were forbidden
the word of the Lord. by the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia.
36 And after some days, Paul said to Barn- 7 And when they were come into Mysia, they
abas: Let us return and visit our brethren in all attempted to go into Bythynia, and the Spirit of
the cities wherein we have preached the word of Jesus suffered them not.
the Lord, to see how they do. 8 And when they had passed through Mysia,
37 And Barnabas would have taken with them they went down to Troas.
John also, that was surnamed Mark; 9 And a vision was shewed to Paul in the
38 But Paul desired that he (as having de- night, which was a man of Macedonia standing
parted from them out of Pamphylia, and not and beseeching him, and saying: Pass over into
gone with them to the work) might not be re- Macedonia, and help us.
ceived. 10 And as soon as he had seen the vision, im-
39 And there arose a dissension, so that they mediately we sought to go into Macedonia, be-
departed one from another; and Barnabas indeed ing assured that God had called us to preach the
taking Mark, sailed to Cyprus. gospel to them.
40 But Paul choosing Silas, departed, being 11 And sailing from Troas, we came with a
delivered by the brethren to the grace of God. straight course to Samothracia, and the day fol-
41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, lowing to Neapolis;
confirming the churches, commanding them to 12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the
keep the precepts of the apostles and the an- chief city of part of Macedonia, a colony. And we
cients. were in this city some days conferring together.