Paul and Silas now traveled on through Phrygia and Galatia, but they were forbidden to preach in Asia by the Holy Spirit. They followed divine guidance. Later on, Paul spent three years in Ephesus (ch. 20:31), “so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus” (ch. 19:10). While they were in Troas, Paul saw, in a vision, a man of Macedonia saying, “Come over . . . and help us.” (Could this man have been the jailer of Philippi, the chief city of Macedonia?)
Right away, they sailed to their destination and, on the Sabbath day, joined with a group of Jews for prayer. We might consider the riverside an unusual place for prayer, but God hears no matter where we are. A woman named Lydia received the Lord as her Saviour as a result of Paul’s preaching and immediately showed hospitality to the apostles. The enemy gets angry when God works through His servants, so he had them beaten and thrown into prison. Do you think Paul and Silas were sad? No, we read that “at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.” Then God sent an earthquake and opened all the prison doors. When the frightened jailer saw this, he was going to kill himself, but Paul told him, “We are all here.” Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” He did believe and, as a result, rejoiced with all his house. The next morning, the authorities came and brought the apostles out of the prison. Paul and Silas then saw the brethren, comforted them and departed.
1. Who said, “Come over into ____________ and help us? Acts 16:___
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2. In what place was ____________ wont to be made? Acts 16:___
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3. At midnight, what did ____________ and Silas do? Acts 16:___
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4. When the keeper of the prison ____________ them out, what important question did he ask? Acts 16:___
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5. After Paul and Silas went ____________ of the prison, what did they do?
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