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Acts 16

Come Over and Help Us

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This song belongs to the Acts collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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[Verse 1] Doors closed eastward through the Spirit; Troas held the traveling band. In the night a Macedonian Stood and called from foreign land: "Come over and help us." The vision fixed the road. They crossed the sea to Philippi, Where Roman stones and commerce flowed. [Verse 2] Beside the river women gathered; Lydia heard with opened heart. Purple cloth and household baptism Gave the mission room to start. Then a slave girl cried behind them, Fortune bound to masters' gain. Freedom cast the spirit outward; Profit answered rage and chain. [Prison Chorus] At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, Sang hymns while prisoners heard. An earthquake shook foundations, Opened every lock and cord. The jailer drew his sword in terror; A shout stopped death within: "Do thyself no harm; all are here." He asked what saves from sin. [Refrain] Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, And thou shalt be saved. The word filled all the household; Wounds were washed where lashes raved. He set a table before them, Rejoicing through the night. [Final Chorus] Come over and help us: A merchant, captive, jailer heard. Europe's road began in Philippi Through vision, suffering, and word.

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Acts 16: Closed routes lead to an open house and an opened prison

The Book of Acts, chapter 16, advances by closed routes as much as open ones. Timothy joins the mission without undoing the Jerusalem decision, proposed journeys into Asia and Bithynia are blocked, and a vision redirects the company to Macedonia. At Philippi, the first named welcome comes through Lydia and her household, while the next major encounter begins with the destruction of a profitable form of exploitation and ends in a beating and prison. The midnight earthquake opens every door, yet the prisoners remain, preserving the jailer's life and creating a new household of instruction and hospitality. The morning release then becomes a legal reversal when Paul invokes Roman citizenship, requiring the magistrates to acknowledge publicly what they had done publicly.

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