Acts 16:13

And on the Sabbath day we went outside the city beside a river, where prayer was customarily made; and having sat down we spoke to the women who assembled together there.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 from there to Philippi, which is chief of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were spending some days in that very city.

14And a certain woman named Lydia, a dealer of purple cloth of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, heard us, whose heart the Lord opened to give heed to the things spoken by Paul.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:2And great crowds were gathered together to Him, so that He got into the boat and sat; and the crowd stood on the shore.

Luke 4:20And having rolled up the scroll, when He had given it to the attendant, He sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were looking intently at Him.

John 8:2And early in the morning, He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and having sat down, He began to teach them.

Acts 13:42Now as the Jews were going out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be spoken to them the next Sabbath.

Acts 17:2And according to Paul's custom, he went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Acts 20:7Now on the first day of the week, the disciples being assembled to break bread, Paul was discussing with them, being about to leave on the next day, and extended his message until 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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