Acts 16:13-15

Expanded Bible

¹³ On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the river where we ·thought [expected] we would find a special place for prayer [^CPhilippi evidently had no synagogue because of its small Jewish population]. Some women had gathered there, so we sat down and talked with them. ¹⁴ One of the listeners was a woman named Lydia from the city of Thyatira [^Cin western Asia Minor] ·whose job was selling [who was a dealer/merchant in] purple cloth [^Cthe most expensive type of material]. She was a worshiper of God [^Ca God-fearing Gentile; 10:2], and the Lord opened her ·mind [^Lheart] to pay attention to what Paul was saying. ¹⁵ She and ·all the people in her house [her household] were baptized. Then she ·invited us to her home [^Lurged us], saying, “If you ·think I am truly [^Lhave judged me to be] ·a believer in [or faithful to] the Lord, then come stay in my house.” And she ·persuaded us [urged us strongly] to stay with her.