Bible verses about "lydia" | Moffatt

¹ He also came down to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple called Timotheus, the son of a believing Jewess and a Greek father. ² He had a good reputation among the brothers at Lystra and Iconium; ³ so, as Paul wished him to go abroad with him, he took and circumcised him on account of the local Jews, all of whom knew his father had been a Greek. ⁴ As they travelled on from town to town, they handed over to the people the resolutions which the apostles and the presbyters in Jerusalem had decided were to be obeyed; ⁵ and the churches were strengthened in the faith and increased in numbers day by day. ⁶ They crossed Phrygia and the country of Galatia, the holy Spirit having stopped them from preaching the word in Asia; ⁷ when they got as far as Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them, ⁸ and so they passed Mysia by and went down to Troas. ⁹ A vision appeared to Paul by night, the vision of a Macedonian standing and appealing to him with the words, "Cross to Macedonia and help us." ¹⁰ As soon as he saw the vision, we made efforts to start for Macedonia, inferring that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. ¹¹ Setting sail then from Troas we ran straight to Samothrace and on the following day to Neapolis. ¹² We then came to the Roman colony of Philippi, which is the foremost town of the district of Macedonia. In this town we spent some days. ¹³ On the sabbath we went outside the gate to the bank of the river, where as usual there was a place of prayer; we sat down and talked to the women who had gathered. ¹⁴ Among the listeners there was a woman called Lydia, a dealer in purple who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She reverenced God, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said. ¹⁵ When she was baptized, along with her household, she begged us, saying, "If you are convinced I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." She compelled us to come. ¹⁶ Now it happened as we went to the place of prayer that a slave-girl met us, possessed by a spirit of ventriloquism, and a source of great profit to her owners by her power of fortune-telling. ¹⁷ She followed Paul and the rest of us, shrieking, "These men are servants of the Most High God, they proclaim to you the way of salvation!" ¹⁸ She did this for a number of days. Then Paul turned in annoyance and told the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you out of her!" And it left her that very moment. ¹⁹ But when her owners saw their chance of profit was gone, they caught hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the magistrates in the forum. ²⁰ Bringing them before the praetors they declared, "These fellows are Jews who are making an agitation in our town; ²¹ they are proclaiming customs which as Romans we are not allowed to accept or observe!" ²² The crowd also joined in the attack upon them, while the praetors, after having them stripped and after ordering them to be flogged with rods, ²³ had many lashes inflicted on them and put them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safe. ²⁴ On receiving so strict a charge, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks. ²⁵ But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing to God, while the prisoners listened, ²⁶ all of a sudden there was a great earthquake which shook the very foundations of the prison; the doors all flew open in an instant and the fetters of all the prisoners were unfastened. ²⁷ When the jailer started from his sleep and saw the prison-doors open, he drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, supposing the prisoners had made their escape; ²⁸ but Paul shouted aloud, "Do not harm yourself, we are all here!" ²⁹ So calling for lights he rushed in, fell in terror before Paul and Silas, ³⁰ and brought them out (after securing the other prisoners). "Sirs," he said, "what must I do to be saved?" ³¹ "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ," they said, "and then you will be saved, you and your household as well." ³² And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all in his house. ³³ Then he took them at that very hour of the night and washed their wounds and got baptized instantly, he and all his family. ³⁴ He took them up to his house and put food before them, overjoyed like all his household at having believed in God. ³⁵ When day broke, the praetors sent the lictors with the message, "Release these men." ³⁶ The jailer repeated this to Paul. "The praetors," he said, "have sent to release you. So come out and go in peace?" ³⁷ But Paul replied, "They flogged us in public and without a trial, flogged Roman citizens! They put us in prison, and now they are going to get rid of us secretly! No indeed! Let them come here themselves and take us out!" ³⁸ The lictors reported this to the praetors, who, on hearing the men were Roman citizens, became alarmed; ³⁹ they went to appease them and after taking them out of prison begged them to leave the town. ⁴⁰ So they left the prison and went to Lydia's house, where they saw the brothers and encouraged them; then they departed.

⁴⁰ So they left the prison and went to Lydia's house, where they saw the brothers and encouraged them; then they departed.

¹⁵ When she was baptized, along with her household, she begged us, saying, "If you are convinced I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." She compelled us to come.

¹⁴ Among the listeners there was a woman called Lydia, a dealer in purple who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She reverenced God, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.