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Verse Acts 16:14. _LYDIA, A SELLER OF PURPLE_] She probably had her
name from the province of _Lydia_, in which the city of _Thyatira_ was
situated. The Lydian women have been celebrated for their bea...
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A SELLER OF PURPLE - Purple was a most valuable color, obtained
usually from shellfish. It was chiefly worn by princes and by the
rich, and the traffic in it might be very profitable. Compare the
Isai...
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CHAPTER 16
_ 1. In Derbe and Lystra again. Timotheus (Acts 16:1)._
2. The Preaching forbidden in Asia (Acts 16:6).
3. The Vision of the Man from Macedonia (Acts 16:9).
4. The Gospel in Europe ...
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PHILIPPI. LYDIA. The voyage from Troas to Samothrace was past Tenedos
and Imbros, and Samothrace was about halfway. The voyage back took
five days (Acts 20:6); this voyage only two, the wind being
fav...
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A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
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When we had set sail from Troas we had a straight run to Samothrace.
On the next day we reached Neapolis and from there we came to Philippi
which is the chief city of that section of Macedonia and a R...
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SELLER OF PURPLE. Greek. _porphuropolis._ Only here. The celebrated
purple dye was made from the murex,. shell-fish. Referred to by Homer.
THYATIRA. On the Lycus in Lydia. Inscriptions of the guild o...
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_named Lydia_ This may have been her proper name, or it may only have
been that by which she passed among the colonists of Philippi, being
from the _Lydian_town of Thyatira. From inscriptions which ha...
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PREACHING ON THE SABBATH AT PHILIPPI. CONVERSION AND BAPTISM OF LYDIA.
A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION CAST OUT BY ST PAUL. ANGER OF THOSE WHO MADE
GAIN THEREBY. PAUL AND SILAS ARE SEIZED, BROUGHT BEFORE THE
A...
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ΛΥΔΊΑ, _Lydia_. This may have been the woman’s proper name, or
it may only have been that by which she passed among the colonists of
Philippi, being from the _Lydian_ town of Thyatira. From inscriptio...
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_THE CONVERSION OF A GOOD WOMAN NAMED LYDIA ACTS 16:13-15:_ On the
Sabbath the missionary team went out by the river to a place of prayer
and talked to the women there. This was a simple place of wors...
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DISCOURSE: 1785
THE CONVERSION OF LYDIA
Acts 16:14. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of
the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the
Lord opened, that she...
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THYATIRA,— Was a city bordering both on Asia and Lydia; and this
woman seems to have derived her name from the latter on that account.
She was a proselyte of the gate; that is, one who worshipped the...
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AT PHILLIPPI. Acts 16:12-40
a.
A description of Philippi. Acts 16:12.
Acts 16:12
and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first
of the district, a Roman colony: and we were in...
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See notes on verse 13...
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And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of
Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened,
that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul....
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40 Silas was almost necessary as a companion for Paul. The decrees
provided that they should be delivered by both Barnabas and Paul,
while Judas and Silas were to confirm them by word of mouth. Now th...
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16:14 worshipped (a-18) See Note, ch. 13.43....
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ST. PAUL IN EUROPE
1. Timotheus] was probably of Lystra, not Derbe. His mother Eunice was
perhaps a widow, and she, together with his grandmother Lois, educated
the lad in the religion of Israel, tho...
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Journey into Europe, Philippi.
6. RV 'And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having
been forbidden of the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia.' At Lystra
(Acts 16:6) they received a...
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LYDIA] She came from Thyatira in Lydia, a district where there were
many dyers. She was a proselyte to Judaism, and a woman of some wealth
and position. As she is not mentioned in the Epistle to the
P...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 16
TIMOTHY WORKS WITH PAUL AND SILAS, 16:1-5
V1 Paul went to Derbe and then he went to Lystra. A *Christian called
Timothy lived there. Timothy...
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LYDIA, A SELLER OF PURPLE, OF THE CITY OF THYATIRA. — The city so
named, now known as _Ak-hissar,_ was in the Roman province of Asia,
but came within the boundaries of the older kingdom of Lydia, and...
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Λυδία : she may have taken her name “a solo natali,” as
Grotius and others have thought, like many of the _libertinae_, Afra,
Græca, Syra; but the name was a popular one for women, _cf._ its
frequent...
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WELCOMED; ATTESTED; IMPRISONED
Acts 16:14
This was an epoch-making moment, but how quietly it is recorded. There
was no heralding of the gospel which was to transform Europe. The need
for it was uns...
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Here begins the account of Pads second journey. At Lystra he found
Timothy. His action in the circumcision of Timothy is startling in
view of the recent decision of the council. Some charge him with
i...
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The Conversion of Lydia
It customarily took ten Jewish heads of households to form a synagogue
within a community. In Philippi, there was just a group of Jewish
women who met by the riverside for pray...
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(8) And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city
of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us]: whose heart the Lord
opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of...
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Lydia, who worshipped God, a pious Jewess, preaching in that
synagogue, is converted to the Christhood of Jesus. All the facts of
this brief history involve the conclusion that she was a saved woman,...
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And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of
Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened,
that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul....
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We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the
apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the
Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
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_LYDIA_
‘And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of
Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened,
that she attended unto the things which were spoken...
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_THE RELIGION OF THE HEART_
‘Whose heart the Lord opened.’
Acts 16:14
These words have not been selected with a view to dwell upon the
incident with which they stand connected, full though it be of...
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14._A woman named Lydia. _If they had been heard of a few women, yet
this had been to enter in, as it were, by a strait chink; but now
whereas one only heareth attentively and with fruit, might it n...
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There is perhaps no example of this more remarkable than that which
Paul does with regard to Timothy. He uses circumcision in all liberty
to set aside Jewish prejudice. It is very doubtful whether, ac...
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AND A CERTAIN WOMAN, NAMED LYDIA,.... Whether this woman was a Jewess
or a Gentile, is not certain, her name will not determine; she might
be called so from the country of Lydia, which was in Asia min...
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And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of
Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard _us_ : whose heart the Lord
opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Pau...
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_On the sabbath we went out of the city_ The Jews usually held their
religious assemblies (either by choice or constraint) at a distance
from the heathen; _by a river side_ The river Strymon, which ra...
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THYATIRA; a city of Lydia, a province in Asia Minor.
WORSHIPPED GOD; was a proselyte to the Jewish religion.
WHOSE HEART THE LORD OPENED; inclined to believe what Paul preached.
Whenever men believe...
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AND A CERTAIN WOMAN NAMED LYDIA, A SELLER OF PURPLE, OF THE CITY OF
THYATIRA, WHICH WORSHIPED GOD, HEARD US; WHOSE HEART THE LORD OPENED
THAT SHE ATTENDED UNTO THE THINGS WHICH WERE SPOKEN OF PAUL....
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The conversion of Lydia:...
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Coming to Derbe and Lystra, where he and Barnabas had been persecuted
before, Paul was favorably impressed with the young man, Timothy, who
had evidently been converted through Paul on his first visit...
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NOW A CERTAIN WOMAN NAMED LYDIA HEARD _US._ SHE WAS A SELLER OF PURPLE
FROM THE CITY OF THYATIRA, WHO WORSHIPED GOD. THE LORD OPENED HER
HEART TO HEED THE THINGS SPOKEN BY PAUL.
1. So far the specifi...
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"And. certain woman named Lydia,. seller of purple of the city of
Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord
opened to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul"Lydia...
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6-15 The removals of ministers, and the dispensing the means of grace
by them, are in particular under Divine conduct and direction. We must
follow Providence: and whatever we seek to do, if that suf...
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LYDIA; so called from the country of that name, she being born at
THYATIRA, a city therein, and now lived with her family at Philippi.
WORSHIPPED GOD; being a proselyte, and one of them who had left t...
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Acts 16:14 Now G2532 certain G5100 woman G1135 named G3686 Lydia G3070
heard G191 (G5707) purple G4211 city...
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‘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...
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MINISTRY IN PHILIPPI FROM THE HOUSE OF LYDIA (16:12B-40).
The arrival in Europe was clearly seen by Luke as very important. He
illustrates the successful ministry there by a threefold description
of P...
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THE MISSION TO EUROPE (16:6-19:20).
Paul's plans now seemed to begin to go awry. All doors seemed to be
closing to him as in one way or another he was first hindered from
going one way, and then anoth...
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Acts 16:14. LYDIA, A SELLER OF PURPLE, OF THE CITY OF THYATIRA. The
city of Thyatira, on the confines of Lydia and Mysia, and one of the
seven churches of Asia addressed in the Apocalypse, was celebra...
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LYDIA
(Λυδια). Her birthplace was Thyatira in Lydia. She may have been
named after the land, though Lydia is a common female name (see
Horace). Lydia was itself a Macedonian colony (Strabo, XIII. 4)...
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Acts 16:14
The Conversion of Lydia.
I. Lydia was listening: "And a certain woman named Lydia, heard us."
Great stress is laid in the Bible on hearing: "Faith cometh by
hearing."
II. Lydia listened a...
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Acts 16:9. _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._
Our dreams often follow the leading thoughts of...
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CONTENTS: Paul finds Timothy. Paul's Macedonian vision. The first
convert in Europe. Demons cast out of a damsel. Paul and Silas beaten.
Conversion of the Philippian jailer.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy S...
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Acts 16:1. _Then came he to Lystra,_ as in Acts 14:6. In their former
labours in that city, Lois a jewess, her daughter Eunice, and Timothy
her son, had embraced the faith. Now, they found Timothy gro...
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TO THE RIVERSIDE. The Gangas, a small river. A Jewish place for
prayer. Evidently, there was no synagogue. A few devout Jews, mostly
women, met on the river banks to worship God. And talked to the wom...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:14 LYDIA came from THYATIRA (see notes on Rev.
2:18–29), a city of the province of Asia in the district of Lydia,
for which she may have been named. As a...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:11 Philippi was the first Macedonian city in
which Paul witnessed.
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 16:14. LYDIA.—“Certainly a proper name, not a patronymic”
(Zöckler). “She had probably become addicted to Jewish religious
practices in her native city” (Ramsay). THYATIRA.—A...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 16:1
_And he came also _for _then came he, _A.V._ _and T.R.; _to Lystra
_for _Lystra, _A.V._; Timothy _for _Timotheus, _A.V._; of a Jewess
_for _of a certain woman which was a Jewess,...
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We remember at the end of our study last week there arose a contention
between Paul and Barnabas who had been close companions on the first
missionary venture of the church. But because Barnabas was i...
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1 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 3:7; 2 Corinthians 3:14; 2
Corinthians 4:4;...
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Lydia. An adjective : the Lydian; but as Lydia was a common name among
the Greeks and Romans, it does not follow that she was named from her
native country.
A seller of purple. On purple, see note on...
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A worshipper of God — Probably acquainted with the prophetic
writings whose heart the Lord opened — The Greek word properly
refers to the opening of the eyes: and the heart has its eyes,
Ephesians 1:1...