Place
Philippi
Identified location. The site is known today and most scholars agree on it.
A Roman colony in Macedonia, "the chief city of that part of Macedonia". Lydia heard Paul here by the river and was baptized. Paul and Silas were beaten and jailed in the city, and Paul later wrote to the church there.
Who passed through
In story order. King James Version.
- 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 attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
- Paul, 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 attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
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