Acts 16
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Acts 16:11-15

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We sailedG321 fromG575 TroasG5174 straightG2113 toG1519 SamothraceG4543, andG1161 theG3588 following dayG1966 on toG1519 NeapolisG3501G4172. 12From thereG2547 we went toG1519 the Roman colonyG2862 of PhilippiG5375, the leadingG4413 cityG4172 ofG3588 that districtG3310 of MacedoniaG3109.1 AndG1161 we stayedG1510G1304 there several daysG2250.

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On theG3588 SabbathG4521G2250 we wentG1831 outsideG1854 theG3588 city gateG4439 alongG3844 the riverG4215, whereG3757 it was customaryG3543 to findG1510 a place of prayerG4335. After sitting downG2523, we spokeG2980 to theG3588 womenG1135 who had gatheredG4905 there.

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Among those listeningG191 was aG5100 womanG1135 namedG3686 LydiaG3070, a dealer in purpleG4211 cloth from the cityG4172 of ThyatiraG2363, who was a worshiperG4576 ofG3588 GodG2316. TheG3588 LordG2962 openedG1272 herG3739 heartG2588 to respondG4337 toG3588 Paul’sG3972 messageG2980. 15AndG1161 whenG5613 she andG2532 herG846 householdG3624 had been baptizedG907, she urgedG3870G3004 us, “IfG1487 you considerG2919 meG1473 a believerG1510G4103 in theG3588 LordG2962, comeG1525 and stayG3306 atG1519 myG1473 houseG3624.” AndG2532 she persuadedG3849 usG1473.

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  1. 1. Acts 16:12 Literally we went to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia—a colony ↩

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