Acts 16:5-15

5 So ¹the churches were being strengthened in the faith, and were ²increasing in number daily *.

6 They passed through the ³Phrygian and ⁴Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in ⁵Asia;

7 and after they came to ⁶Mysia, they were trying to go into ⁷Bithynia, and the ⁸Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;

8 and passing by ⁹Mysia, they came down to ¹⁰Troas.

9 ¹¹A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of ¹²Macedonia was standing and appealing to him, and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."

10 When he had seen ¹³the vision, immediately ¹⁴we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to ¹⁵preach the gospel to them.

11 So putting out to sea from ¹⁶Troas, we ran ¹⁷a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis;

12 and from there to ¹⁸Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of ¹⁹Macedonia, ²⁰a Roman colony; and we were staying in this city for some days.

13 And on ²¹the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside *, where we were supposing that there would be 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, from the city of ²²Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, ²³a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord ²⁴opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

15 And when she and ²⁵her 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.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 9:31
• 2. Acts 2:47
• 3. Acts 2:10; Acts 18:23
• 4. Acts 18:23; 1 Corinthians 16:1; Galatians 1:2; Galatians 3:1; 2 Timothy 4:10; 1 Peter 1:1
• 5. Acts 2:9
• 6. Acts 16:8
• 7. 1 Peter 1:1
• 8. Luke 24:49; Acts 8:29; Romans 8:9; Galatians 4:6; Philippians 1:19; 1 Peter 1:11
• 9. Acts 16:7
• 10. Acts 16:11; Acts 20:5; 2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13
• 11. Acts 9:10
• 12. Acts 16:10, 12; Acts 18:5; Acts 19:21f, 29; Acts 20:1, 3; Acts 27:2; Romans 15:26
• 13. Acts 9:10
• 14. [we] Acts 16:10-17; Acts 20:5-15; Acts 21:1-18; Acts 27:1-28:16
• 15. Acts 14:7
• 16. Acts 16:8; Acts 20:5; 2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13
• 17. Acts 21:1
• 18. Acts 20:6; Philippians 1:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:2
• 19. Acts 16:9, 10; Acts 18:5; Acts 19:21f, 29; Acts 20:1, 3; Acts 27:2; Romans 15:26
• 20. Acts 16:21
• 21. Acts 13:14
• 22. Revelation 1:11; Revelation 2:18, 24
• 23. Acts 13:43; Acts 18:7
• 24. Luke 24:45
• 25. Acts 11:14

Footnotes

• [a] Or "in faith"
• [b] Or "Phrygia and the Galatian region"
• [c] I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
• [d] Lit "go out"
• [e] Lit "whose heart the Lord opened"