Acts 16:13

On the Sabbath day we went out of the citytown gates down to the riverside where we thought people would come to pray. We sat down and talked with the women who had gathered there.

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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, the most important city in Macedonia, and also a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for several days.

14One of them was called Lydia, who sold purple cloth from the town of Thyatira. She worshiped God, and she listened to us. The Lord opened her mind to what Paul was saying, and she accepted what he told her.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:2So many people gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down there to teach, while all the crowds stood on the beach.

Luke 4:20He rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant. Then he sat down. Everybody in the synagogue was staring at him.

John 8:2Early in the morning he returned to the Temple where many people gathered around him and he sat down and taught them.

Acts 13:42As they were leaving, the people pleaded with them to tell them more the next Sabbath.

Acts 17:2As usual, Paul went into the synagogue and over the course of three Sabbaths he debated with them using the Scriptures.

Acts 20:7Paul was speaking on the first day of the week as we gathered together to break bread. He was planning to leave in the morning, and went on speaking 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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