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Lydia and Paul
How Lydia and Paul are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Lydia and Paul met.
Lydia, a seller of purple from Thyatira, heard Paul by the river side on the sabbath. She was baptized with her household and constrained Paul and his company to stay in her house.
a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira
Acts 16:14, King James Version
come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us
Acts 16:15, King James Version
Where they cross: Acts 16:13-15
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Acts 16:13-15
13And 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.
14And 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.
15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
King James Version