11 Then went we forth from Troas, and with a straight course came to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis.

12 ¶ And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city in the parts of Macedonia, and whose inhabitants came from Rome to dwell there: and we were in that city abiding certain days.

13 [a]And on the Sabbath day we went out of the city, besides a river, where they were wont to [b]pray: and we sat down, and spake unto the women, which were come together.

14 [c]And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things, which Paul spake.

15 [d]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 mine house, and abide there: and she constrained us.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 16:13 God beginneth his kingdom in Macedonia by the conversion of a woman, and so showeth that there is no [exception] of persons in the Gospel.
  2. Acts 16:13 Where they were wont to assemble themselves.
  3. Acts 16:14 The Lord only openeth the heart to hear the word which is preached.
  4. Acts 16:15 An example of a godly housewife.

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