‘And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, one who worshipped God, heard us, whose heart the Lord opened to give heed to the things which were spoken by Paul.'

Among those who listened was Lydia, a dealer in purple dyes and dyed cloth from Thyatira, that centre of syncretistic religion (compare Revelation 2:20), who had a house in Philippi, and who was a true ‘worshipper of God', a ‘God-fearer'. And her heart was opened by God to Paul's words and she drank them in and in her innermost soul she responded fully, knowing that this was what she had waited for, for so long.

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