Acts 16:13

And on the sabbath we went out of the city to the riverside, where we expected there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spoke to the women who gathered there.

Revised King James 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 from there to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a Roman colony: and we remained in that city some days.

14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart, so she attended to the things which were spoken by Paul.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:2And great multitudes gathered around him, so that he went into a boat, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

Luke 4:20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of all those who were in the synagogue were fastened upon him.

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

Acts 13:42And as they went out of the synagogue, the people begged that these words might be told to them the next sabbath.

Acts 17:2And Paul, as his manner was, went in to them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures,

Acts 20:7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached to them, and because he intended to depart the next day; he continued his speech 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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