Acts 16:15

And she was baptized, she and the sons of her house. And she besought us and said, If it be that you truly think that I have believed in our Lord, come, remain in my house; and she constrained us much.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

In Context

14And a certain female, a seller of purple, who feared Aloha, her name was Lydia, of Theatira the city, (was there,) whose heart our Lord opened, and she heard that which Paulos spake.

16AND it was while we went to the house of prayer, a certain damsel met us in whom was a spirit of divination, and she had produced her lords much gain by her divination.

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Cross References

Luke 9:4And into whatever house you enter, there be, and from thence go forth.

Luke 14:23And the lord said to his servant, Go forth into the ways, and among the hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled:

Acts 8:12But when they believed Philipos, who evangelized the kingdom of Aloha in the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, they were baptized, men and women.

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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