10 After Paul had seen the vision, we tried to leave for Macedonia right away. We believed that the Lord had called us to tell the people there the good news.

11 So we left Troas in a boat and went straight across the water to the town of Samothrace. The next day we went to Neapolis.

12 From there we went to Philippi. This was the big city of the district of Macedonia. It was a free city. We stayed there for some time.

13 On the Sabbath day we went out of the city to the river. We thought this was a place where people met to talk with God. So we sat down and talked to the women who had come there.

14 One woman named Lydia listened to us. She was from the city of Thyatira, and she sold red cloth. She worshipped God. He worked in her heart and she believed what Paul said.

15 She and all the people in her house were baptised. Then she begged us and said, If you really feel that I believe in the Lord, come and stay at my house. And she would not allow us to say no.

16 One day we were going to the meeting place where people talked with God. We met a girl who had a bad spirit. She used to tell people what was going to happen. Her masters received much money when she did this.

17 This girl kept on following Paul and us. She was shouting, These men are servants of the High God. They are telling us how to be saved.