⁵⁰ But ^(A)the Jews incited the ^[a](B)devout women ^(C)of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their ^[b]region.

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¹⁴ A woman named Lydia was listening; she was a seller of purple fabrics from the city of ^(A)Thyatira, and ^(B)a worshiper of God. ^[a]The Lord ^(C)opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

^4 (A)And some of them were persuaded and joined ^(B)Paul and Silas, ^[a]along with a large number of the ^(C)God-fearing ^(D)Greeks and ^[b]a significant number of the ^(E)leading women.

¹⁷ So he was reasoning ^(A)in the synagogue with the Jews and ^(B)the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be present.

⁷ Then he left ^[a]the synagogue and went to the house of a man named ^[b]Titius Justus, ^(A)a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.