Gen Z: Acts 16
1So, Paul rolled up to Derbe and Lystra, and peeped a disciple named Timotheus, whose mom was a Jewish queen, but his dad was Greek, no cap.
2The homies in Lystra and Iconium were all hyped about him, periodt.
3Paul was like, "Yo, I need this dude to roll with me," and he circumcised him 'cause the Jews in the area were sus about his dad being Greek.
4As they hit up the cities, they dropped the rules from the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, keeping it real.
5The churches were vibing hard in faith and their squad was growing daily, fr.
6When they cruised through Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Ghost was like, "Nah, don’t preach in Asia," savage move.
7After hitting Mysia, they tried to slide into Bithynia, but the Spirit was like, "Not today."
8They just passed through Mysia and dipped down to Troas.
9Then Paul had a dream at night; a dude from Macedonia was like, "Come help us out here!"
10After seeing the vision, we were all in, ready to hit up Macedonia, knowing the Lord was calling us to spread the gospel there, bet.
11So we bounced from Troas and cruised straight to Samothracia, then hit up Neapolis the next day; vibes were high.
12Then we rolled to Philippi, the main spot in Macedonia, and just chilled there for a few days.
13On the sabbath, we dipped out of the city by the river where people prayed, and we sat down to chat with the ladies who showed up.
14A woman named Lydia, who sold purple stuff and was from Thyatira, was vibing with God and heard us; the Lord opened her heart, and she was all ears for what Paul had to say.
15After she got baptized, along with her whole crew, she was like, "If you think I'm faithful to the Lord, come crash at my place." She really wanted us to stay, no cap.
16As we were heading to pray, a girl with a fortune-telling spirit came up to us, and she was making her bosses bank with her predictions.
17She followed Paul and us, yelling, "These dudes are servants of the most high God, showing us the way to salvation!"
18She kept this up for days, but Paul, feeling some type of way, turned and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ, get outta her!" And it happened right then.
19When her bosses saw their money-making hope was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them to the marketplace to face the rulers.
20They brought them to the magistrates, saying, "These guys are Jews and are making our city hella chaotic!"
21And teachin' vibes that ain't even legal for us to vibe with, no cap, 'cause we Romans.
22The crowd popped off and came at them hard: the officials ripped their fits and told them to get beat up.
23After they got whipped, they threw them in the clink, telling the jailer to keep them on lock.
24The jailer, gettin' that order, shoved them into the deep part of the jail and put their feet in stocks, savage.
25At midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God, and all the other inmates were vibing with them.
26Then, outta nowhere, a massive earthquake hit, shaking the whole prison, and all the doors swung open, bands off, lit!
27The jailer woke up, saw the doors open, and was about to end it all, thinking the prisoners dipped.
28But Paul yelled, "Chill, don’t do anything drastic! We’re all still here, fr."
29He called for a light, jumped in, shook, and fell down in front of Paul and Silas, like, whoa.
30He brought them out and asked, "Yo, what do I gotta do to get saved?"
31They were like, "Trust in the Lord Jesus, and you'll be saved, no cap, and your whole fam too."
32They dropped the word of the Lord on him and everyone in his crib.
33He took them that same hour, washed their wounds, and got baptized with his whole crew, fr.
34When he brought them to his place, he served them food and was vibing, believing in God with his whole squad.
35When morning hit, the magistrates sent the guards, saying, "Let those dudes bounce."
36The prison keeper told Paul, "The magistrates want you free, so dip out and go in peace."
37But Paul was like, "They beat us up in public without a trial, like we’re Romans, and now they wanna sneak us out? Nah, let them come and get us themselves."
38The guards told the magistrates what Paul said, and they were shook when they realized they were Romans.
39They came, begged them to leave, and asked them to bounce from the city.
40They dipped out of prison and went to Lydia's place; after seeing the bros, they lifted their spirits and then split.