Acts 16:10-17
New American Standard Bible
10 When he had seen (A)the vision, (B)we immediately sought to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to (C)preach the gospel to them.
11 So after setting sail from (D)Troas, we ran (E)a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis; 12 and from there to (F)Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of (G)Macedonia, (H)a Roman colony; and we were spending some days in this city. 13 And on (I)the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were thinking that there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.
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14 A woman named Lydia was listening; she was a seller of purple fabrics from the city of (J)Thyatira, and (K)a worshiper of God. [a]The Lord (L)opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul. 15 Now when she and (M)her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
16 It happened that as we were going to (N)the place of prayer, a slave woman who had (O)a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing great profit to her masters by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and us and cried out repeatedly, saying, “These men are bond-servants of (P)the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation.”
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- Acts 16:14 Lit Whose heart the Lord opened
Acts 16:10-17
New International Version
10 After Paul had seen the vision, we(A) got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel(B) to them.
Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi
11 From Troas(C) we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. 12 From there we traveled to Philippi,(D) a Roman colony and the leading city of that district[a] of Macedonia.(E) And we stayed there several days.
13 On the Sabbath(F) we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. 14 One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira(G) named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart(H) to respond to Paul’s message. 15 When she and the members of her household(I) were baptized,(J) she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
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16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer,(K) we were met by a female slave who had a spirit(L) by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God,(M) who are telling you the way to be saved.”
Footnotes
- Acts 16:12 The text and meaning of the Greek for the leading city of that district are uncertain.
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