Acts 16:24-25

²⁴So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.

²⁵Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.f

Acts 16 marks a decisive pivot in the early church's mission. Paul, now accompanied by Timothy, receives a clear divine summons to cross from Asia into Europe. The chapter unfolds in three movements: the recruitment of Timothy, the Macedonian call that redirects the mission westw