John R. Houk
© March 21, 2016
Here is a Muslim apologist defending Islam (well actually an edited version for easier
readability in English. The unedited version is HERE):
Islam sucks? Who is Jesus? [You
say] it’s Essa [aka Esa or Isa is Quran for Jesus],
son of God? No, God don’t have anybody no family no dad no mom no bro no Baby
no sis nothing he’s the creator. Mohammed is The One who gives us the peace!
(Islam means peace! You say Brutal? All Christians Have much more Big Crimes.
Bigger then Islam. 80% of Islam is On peace! And 60% of Christ is Peace!! You
don’t know anything about Islam and you talk about it. ALLAH. Will show you one
day a lesson. To say that the Islam sucks! Islam is the best! Peace! I don’t
say Christ is not right or right! [hmm…
maybe right or wrong] But Islam Is the best for me! Don’t talk about Islam
like that. One day you will know why! (Zhaksbsu;
March 18, 2016 at 6:29 PM; as
NCCR comment to “Doesn’t
This Matter?“ posted 10/10/13)
In full disclosure it is my sense that Zhaksbsu is sincere
and not spewing disinformation propaganda (aka
Taqiyya and here’s the expose
on Muslim apologists lying that Taqiyya means piety).
As is the case with many Muslims who like to be under the label “Moderate.”
Zhaksbsu believes his Imam or Cleric when told the half-truth about Islam,
peace, the Son of God and so on.
There are many Biblical references that show Islam is not
only a false religion but also an antichrist religion.
21 I have
not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it,
and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a
liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies
the Father and the Son. 23 Whoever denies the Son
does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father
also. (1 John 2:21-23 NKJV)
Since Islam revered writings – the Quran in particular –
deny that Jesus is the Son of God the Christ Savior of all who believe, Islam
is an antichrist.
I discovered an ex-Muslim turned Christian that gives some
solid reasons why Islam is a false religion. Then after that Yurki1000 gives a
Grace oriented message to Zhaksbsu’s self-deceived thoughts that Islam is peace
and good so don’t criticize Islam.
JRH 3/21/16
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10 Reasons Islam Is Not From God
By Ney Reiber
The Interactive Bible
Reason #1:
Islam cannot be from God because the prophet of Islam,
Muhammad, did not pass God's first test for a prophet. Deuteronomy 18:21-22
tells us that God will authenticate those He sends as a prophet by having them
perform signs. Muhammad gave no sign as required by God.
(Deuteronomy 18:21,22, NAS95) 21
"You may say in your heart, 'How will we know the word which the LORD has
not spoken?' 22 "When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the
thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the LORD has
not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid
of him.
Muslims recognize this and try to overcome the principle of
God confirming his revelation with signs by asserting that the revelation of
the Qur'an itself is a sign. When Muhammad was challenged by the Jews and Christians
to produce a sign, he received a special revelation from Allah.
Qur'an 6:37-39, 36. And they said:
"Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "Allâh
is certainly Able to send down a sign, but most of them know not." 38.
There is not a moving (living) creature on earth, nor a bird that flies with
its two wings, but are communitie like you. We have neglected nothing in the
Book, then unto their Lord they (all) shall be gathered. 39. Those who reject
Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) are
deaf and dumb in darkness. Allâh sends astray whom He wills and He guides on
the Straight Path whom He wills.
Muslims claim that the Qur'an itself is the sign God gave
Muhammad.
Notice the difference in the Muslim claims and the evidence
put forward by the Hebrew writer in Hebrews 2:3-4,
"How shall we escape, if we
neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord,
and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; 4 God also bearing them
witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of
the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?"
Reason #2:
Islam cannot be from God because Muhammad's teaching does
not pass the second test God gave for a prophet. Deuteronomy 13:1-4 tells us
that no prophet will bring a revelation that is in conflict with previous
revelation. His revelation must agree with the previous revelation of God.
Deuteronomy 13:1-4
Deuteronomy 13:1-4, 1 If there
arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a
wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee,
saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve
them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer
of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD
your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the
LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and
ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Muhammad's revelation contradicts the previous revelations
in both facts and principles. Consider the account of Joseph. In the Qur'an,
Qur'an 12, Yusuf Beginning in Ayah 21.
Qur'an 12:21-34, 21. And the Egyptian
who bought him said to his wife: Give him an honorable abode, maybe he will be
useful to us, or we may adopt him as a son. And thus did We establish Yusuf in
the land and that We might teach him the interpretation of sayings; and Allah
is the master of His affair, but most people do not know. 22. And when he had
attained his maturity, We gave him wisdom and knowledge: and thus do We reward
those who do good. 23. And she in whose house he was sought to make himself
yield (to her), and she made fast the doors and said: Come forward. He said: I
seek Allah's refuge, surely my Lord made good my abode: Surely the unjust do
not prosper. 24. And certainly she made for him, and he would have made for
her, were it not that he had seen the manifest evidence of his Lord; thus (it
was) that We might turn away from him evil and indecency, surely he was one of
Our sincere servants. 25. And they both hastened to the door, and she rent his
shirt from behind and they met her husband at the door. She said: What is the
punishment of him who intends evil to your wife except imprisonment or a
painful chastisement? 26. He said: She sought to make me yield (to her); and a
witness of her own family bore witness: If his shirt is rent from front, she
speaks the truth and he is one of the liars: 27. And if his shirt is rent from
behind, she tells a lie and he is one of the truthful. 28. So when he saw his
shirt rent from behind, he said: Surely it is a guile of you women; surely your
guile is great: 29. O Yusuf! turn aside from this; and (O my wife)! ask
forgiveness for your fault, surely you are one of the wrong-doers. 30. And
women in the city said: The chiefs wife seeks her slave to yield himself (to
her), surely he has affected her deeply with (his) love; most surely we see her
in manifest error. 31. So when she heard of their sly talk she sent for them
and prepared for them a repast, and gave each of them a knife, and said (to
Yusuf): Come forth to them. So when they saw him, they deemed him great, and
cut their hands (in amazement), and said: Remote is Allah (from imperfection);
this is not a mortal; this is but a noble angel. 32. She said: This is he with
respect to whom you blamed me, and certainly I sought his yielding himself (to
me), but he abstained, and if he does not do what I bid him, he shall certainly
be imprisoned, and he shall certainly be of those who are in a state of
ignominy. 33. He said: My Lord! the prison house is dearer to me than that to
which they invite me; and if Thou turn not away their device from me, I will
yearn towards them and become (one) of the ignorant. 34. Thereupon his Lord
accepted his prayer and turned away their guile from him; surely He is the
Hearing, the Knowing.
Now consider the same account from the Bible in Genesis
39:7-21
(Genesis 39:7-21, KJV) 7 And it
came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon
Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master's
wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath
committed all that he hath to my hand; 9 There is none greater in this house
than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art
his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10 And
it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto
her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 11 And it came to pass about this time,
that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the
men of the house there within. 12 And she caught him by his garment, saying,
Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 13
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and
was fled forth, 14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto
them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in
unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: 15 And it came to pass,
when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment
with me, and fled, and got him out. 16 And she laid up his garment by her,
until his lord came home. 17 And she spake unto him according to these words,
saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to
mock me: 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he
left his garment with me, and fled out. 19 And it came to pass, when his master
heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this
manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. 20 And Joseph's
master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's
prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
Consider the differences in the facts presented about the
lives of the Biblical characters. In the Qur'an Potiphar was at the door when
Joseph fled. He wasn't at home in the Bible Account. In the Qur'an, Potiphar
believed Joseph while in the Bible Potiphar believed his wife. In the Qur'an,
Joseph requested that he be put in prison so that he might avoid the temptation
of women and in the Bible, he was imprisoned by Potiphar for accosting his
wife. Surely it is easy to see the differences. Joseph is just a sample. There
are other contradictions in almost every account of the lives of Bible people.
In the Qur'an, one of Noah's sons died in the flood while in the Bible, all of
them were on the ark. Compare the Biblical account of Lot with the Qur'an's
account of Lot (Lut in the Qur'an-NR). In the Qur'an, Abraham's father was an
idolater and forced Abraham to leave home for trying to teach monotheism, while
the Biblical account has Abraham leaving after his father's death.
Now consider just one principle that is set forth in the New
Testament with the principles set forth in the Qur'an.
The New Testament, Matthew 5:44,
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to
them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute
you;
The Qur'an, Qur'an 61, the Ranks,
Ayah 4. Surely Allah loves those who fight in His way in ranks as if they were
a firm and compact wall
The Qur'an, Qur'an 2, The Cow, Al
Baqarah Ayah 190. And fight in the way of Allah with those who fight with you,
and do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the
limits. 191. And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from
whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do
not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but
if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the
unbelievers.
What a contrast. Jesus says to love, forgive, and pray for
your enemies. The Qur'an says to kill them. If that isn't a different doctrine
than what was revealed, nothing is.
Reason #3:
Islam cannot be from God because it denies the Godhood of
Jesus. In the Qur'an, Muhammad takes great pains to deny the deity of Jesus. It
demeans Jesus and makes him just a man. In Philippians, Paul asserts that Jesus
existed in the form of God.
Qur'an 4:171 "O people of the
book! Commit no excesses in your religion: nor say of God naught but the truth.
Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of God, and His
Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: So believe
in God and His messengers..."
(Philippians 2:5-9, NAS95) 5 Have
this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He
existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be
grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made
in the likeness of men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled
Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9
For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name
which is above every name,
Reason #4:
Islam cannot be from God because Muhammad frequently changed
his revelations to suit circumstances. The classic example is Muhammad's
teaching on drinking. When he was just beginning to teach, before Muhammad
gained a significant following he said that it was alright to drink.
Qur'an 2:219 They ask you
Concerning wine; gambling, Say "In them is great sin, And some profit for
men; But the sin is greater Than the profit.
As his power base grew, he presented a stronger position. It
was not acceptable to have had any intoxicants close enough to prayers to fog
the mind.
Qur'an 4:43 O you who believe!
Approach not prayer With a mind befogged, Until you can understand All that you
say.
When his position was strongly established, he forbade the
use of intoxicants entirely.
Qur'an 5:93 O you who believe!
Intoxicants and gambling, (Dedication) of stones, And (divination by) arrows,
Are an abomination, - Of Satan' handiwork: Eschew such (abomination) That you
may prosper. 94. Satan's plan is (but) To excite enmity and hatred Between you,
with intoxicants And gambling, and hinder you From the remembrance Of Allah,
and from prayer: Will you not then abstain?
His final revelation calls the use of intoxicants
"Satan's handiwork." This puts him in the awkward position of having
had Allah approve of "Satan's Handiwork' when he said that there was
"some profit for men" in the use of intoxicants.
Does God vacillate on sin?
Reason #5:
Islam cannot be from God because its appeal is to man's
lower nature rather than his higher nature. Compare the Biblical appeal of
heaven to the Quranic appeal of heaven.
The Biblical Appeal
Matthew 5:10-12, 10. Blessed are
they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven. 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and
shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and
be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they
the prophets which were before you.
Peter 1:3-4, 3. Blessed be the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath
begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not
away, reserved in heaven for you,
Mark 12:24-25, 24 And Jesus
answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the
scriptures, neither the power of God? 25 For when they shall rise from the
dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels
which are in heaven.
Revelation 7:9-17, 9. After this I
beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations,
and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud
voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the
Lamb. 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders
and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped
God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and
honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 13 And
one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in
white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest.
And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have
washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore
are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple:
and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger
no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any
heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and
shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes.
The Qur'an makes a large portion of its appeal to the
fleshly appetites and sensibilities of man.
Qur'an 37: 40. But the sincere (and
devoted) Servants of Allah, 41. For them is a Sustenance Determined, 42. Fruits
(Delights) and they (Shall enjoy) honor and dignity, 43. In Gardens of
Felicity, 44. Facing each other On Thrones (of dignity): 45. Round will be
passed To them a Cup From a clear flowing fountain, 46. Crystal white, of a
taste Delicious to those Who drink (thereof), 47. Free from headiness; Nor will
they suffer Intoxication there from. 48. And beside them will be Chaste women,
restraining Their glances, with big eyes (Of wonder and beauty) 49. As if they
were (Delicate) eggs closely guarded.
Qur'an 4:57. But those who believe
And do deeds of righteousness, We shall soon admit to Gardens, With rivers
flowing beneath, - Their eternal home; Therein shall they have Companions
[wives, NR] pure and holy; We shall admit them To shades, cool and ever
deepening.
Qur'an 44:51. As to the Righteous
(They will be) in A position of Security, 52. Among Gardens and Springs; 53. Dressed
in fine silk And in rich brocade, They will face each other; 54. So; and We
shall Join them to Companions With beautiful big And lustrous eyes. 55. There
can they call For every kind of fruit In peace and security; 56. Nor will they
there Taste Death, except the first Death: and He will preserve Them from the
Penalty Of the Blazing Fire.
Which makes its appeal to the higher nature of man?
The Bible does.
Which is more likely to be from God - that which appeals to
man's higher nature, or that which appeals to his baser nature? The Bible is
more likely to be from God than the Qur'an because its appeal is to man's
higher nature, while the appeal of the Qur'an is to man's lower nature.
Reason #6:
Islam cannot be from God because its morality is inferior to
the morality taught by the New Testament. In examining the contradictions
between the Bible and the Qur'an, we encountered Jesus' teaching that we were
to love and pray for our enemies while the Qur'an says to fight and kill your
enemies. There is a tremendous gap in the standard of morality between the two
standards. Which is more likely to be from God, the high standard of morality,
or the low standard of morality?
Reason #7:
Islam cannot be from God because it is based upon a
document, the Qur'an, made after God said revelation was finished.
Paul said that revelation would
come to an end: 1 Corinthians 13:8, Charity never faileth: but whether there be
prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease;
whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Jude 3 tells us that the faith was
fully delivered: Jude 3, Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you
of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort
you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered
unto the saints.
Peter said that every thing that was necessary for man to be
pleasing to God had been revealed.
2 Peter 1:3, According as his
divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness,
through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
Reason #8:
Islam cannot be from God because it is based upon the Qur'an
which has internal contradictions. Any revelation from God will be consistent
within itself. It will not contain internal contradictions. Since the Qur'an
does contain internal contradictions, it cannot be from God, and any religion
that is based upon it is not from God.
The Qur'an says that man was created from a clot of blood.
Qur'an 96:1. Proclaim (or Read) In
the Name Of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created- 2. Created man out of A (mere)
clot Of congealed blood;
The Qur'an says that man was created from was created from
clay.
Qur'an 6:2 (Also 7:12) 2. He it is
Who created You from clay, and then Decreed a stated term (For you). And there
is In His Presence another Determined term; yet Ye doubt within yourselves!
The Qur'an says that man was created from was created from
water.
Qur'an 25:54. It is He Who has
Created man from water: Then has He established Relationships of lineage And
marriage: for thy Lord Has power (over all things).
These are internal contradictions that indicate the origin
of the Qur'an was not the mind of God, but the mind of man, Muhammad.
Reason #9:
Islam cannot be from God because the Qur'an frequently
contradicts the Bible.
The Qur'an advocates the beating of wives who are perceived
to be misbehaving.
Qur'an - 4:34 Men are the
protectors and maintainers of women, because Allâh has made one of them to
excel the other, and because they spend (to support them) from their means.
Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient (to Allâh and to their
husbands), and guard in the husband's absence what Allâh orders them to guard
(e.g. their chastity, their husband's property, etc.). As to those women on
whose part you see ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share
their beds, (and last) beat them (lightly, if it is useful), but if they return
to obedience, seek not against them means (of annoyance). Surely, Allâh is Ever
Most High, Most Great.
The Bible teaches that man is to love his wife and treat her
as his own body.
Ephesians 5:25-29, 25 Husbands,
love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 28
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife
loveth himself. 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Surely God will not change his mind about such a significant
principle in husband and wife relationships. The Quranic ideal is contrary to
the teaching of the New Testament.
Reason #10:
Islam cannot be from God because it denies the crucifixion
of Jesus.
The central figure of the New
Testament is Jesus. From his temptations in the desert to the resurrection, the
focus of Jesus is his death on the cross to provide a sacrifice for mankind's
sin. The Qur'an denies that Jesus died on the cross and that would then
preclude his resurrection. It is the contention of Islam that God took Jesus
into heaven and transformed Judas to look like Jesus. The teach that it was
actually Judas who died on the cross.
Qur'an 4:157. That they said (in
boast), "We killed Christ Jesus The son of Mary, The apostle of
Allah"; But they killed him not, Nor crucified him, But so it was made To
appear to them, And those who differ Therein are full of doubts, With no
(certain) knowledge, But only conjecture to follow, For of a surety, They
killed him not.
The Bible clearly and plainly teaches that Jesus was
crucified on the cross.
Matthew 27:35, 35 And they
crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them,
and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
1 Corinthians 1:23 But we preach
Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks
foolishness;
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Yurki1000 Answering Zhaksbsu
In reply to Zhaksbsu.
Jesus saves today.
We are in the end times.
Acts 2:17 “And it shall come to
pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see
visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:”
Will happen soon:
RAPTURE
1 Thessalonians 4:17 “Then we which
are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to
meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
TRIBULATION
Mark 13:19 “For in those days shall
be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God
created unto this time, neither shall be.”
PEACE
Revelation 20:2 Context 1And I saw
an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a
great chain in his hand. 2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent,
which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3And cast him
into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he
should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be
fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 4And I saw
thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw]
the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word
of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had
received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and
reigned with Christ a thousand years.
God bless you and your family.
1. Then came he to Derbe and
Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of
a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a
Greek:
2 Which was well reported of by
the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
3 Him would Paul have to go
forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in
those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
4 And as they went through the
cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the
apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
5 And so were the churches
established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
6 Now when they had gone
throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy
Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
7 After they were come to
Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
8 And they passing by Mysia
came down to Troas.
9 And a vision appeared to Paul
in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over
into Macedonia, and help us.
10 And after he had seen the
vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering
that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
11 Therefore loosing from
Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next dayto
Neapolis;
12 And from thence to Philippi,
which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a
colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.
13 And on the sabbath we went
out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat
down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
14 And a certain woman named
Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God,
heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the
things which were spoken of Paul.
15 And when she was baptized,
and 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.
16 And it came to pass, as we
went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us,
which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
17 The same followed Paul and
us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which
shew unto us the way of salvation.
18 And this did she 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.
19 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,
20 And brought them to the
magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
21 And teach customs, which
are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
22 And the multitude rose up
together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and
commanded to beat them.
23 And when they had laid many
stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the
jailor to keep them safely:
24 Who, having received such a
charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the
stocks.
25 And at midnight Paul and
Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a
great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and
immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
27 And the keeper of the
prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out
his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been
fled.
28 But Paul cried with a loud
voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
29 Then he called for a light,
and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
30 And brought them out, and
said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said, Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
32 And they spake unto him the
word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
33 And he took them the same
hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized,
he and all his, straightway.
34 And when he had brought
them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God
with all his house.
35 And when it was day, the
magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
36 And the keeper of the
prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now
therefore depart, and go in peace.
37 But Paul said unto them,
They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into
prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come
themselves and fetch us out.
38 And the serjeants told
these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they
were Romans.
39 And they came and besought
them, and broughtthem out, and desired them to
depart out of the city.
40 And they went out of the
prison, and entered intothe house of Lydia: and when they had seen
the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
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