Acts 16:13

and on the sabbath-day we went out of the city to the side of a river, where, as usual, was the house of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither .

In Context

12and thence to Philippi, which is the first city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony. We remained in that city some days:

14And a certain woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, heard; whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things that were spoken by Paul.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:2And many multitudes came together to him, so that he went into a ship and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

Luke 4:20And he rolled up the volume, and save it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all that were in the synagogue were earnestly fixed upon him.

John 8:2And in the morning he again entered the temple, and all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

Acts 13:42And as they were departing from the synagogue, they were requested to speak these things to them on the next sabbath.

Acts 17:2And Paul, according to his custom, went in to them, and, for three sabbath-days, he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Acts 20:7And on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul discoursed to them, intending to depart on the morrow; and he continued his speech till midnight.

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:7-16

Paul Invited into Macedonia; The Conversion of Lydia. 6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, 7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. 8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. 10 And after he had seen the vision,… Read the whole commentary →

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