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Lydia

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Named at Acts 16:14: “A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God,” whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul. At 16:15, when she and her household were baptized, the text says, “she begged us, saying, ‘If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.’ So she persuaded us.” At 16:40 Paul and those with him “went out of the prison and entered into Lydia’s house,” where they saw the brothers and encouraged them.

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ACT 16:11–15, engwebp
¹¹Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
¹²and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.
¹³On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
¹⁴A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
¹⁵When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.
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ACT 16:35–40, engwebp
³⁵But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.”
³⁶The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace.”
³⁷But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”
³⁸The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,
³⁹and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.
⁴⁰They went out of the prison and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, then departed.
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A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

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They went out of the prison and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, then departed.

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Entry: Lydia (person-lydia)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/lydia
Current wording: Named at Acts 16:14: “A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God,” whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul. At 16:15, when she and her household were baptized, the text says, “she begged us, saying, ‘If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.’ So she persuaded us.” At 16:40 Paul and those with him “went out of the prison and entered into Lydia’s house,” where they saw the brothers and encouraged them.
Cited evidence: ACT 16:11–15, engwebp / ACT 16:35–40, engwebp
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