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 (Acts 20:3131Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. (Acts 20:31)), “so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus” (Acts 19:1010And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. (Acts 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 Savior 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 appeared to Paul in a vision appealing for him to come and “help us”? __________ Acts 16:___
2. In what place did they join some women for prayer? __________ Acts 16:___
3. At midnight, what did Paul and Silas do? __________ Acts 16:___
4. When the prison keeper brought them out, what important question did he ask? __________ Acts 16:___
5. After Paul and Silas went out of the prison, they went to whose house to see their brethren? __________ Acts 16:___