Acts 16:14-16

Expanded Bible

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.

Paul and Silas in Jail

¹⁶ Once, while we were going to the place for prayer, a ·servant [slave] girl met us. She had a ·special spirit [spirit/demon of divination/prediction; ^LPython spirit; ^CPython was the serpent god that guarded the Delphic oracle; the term came to be used of the ability to predict the future] in her, and she earned a lot of money for her owners by telling fortunes.