Acts 16:13

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.

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KJV

King James Version

And 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.]

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WEB

World English Bible

On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And on the day of the Sabbaths, we went outside the gate, by a river, where [there] was customary to be prayer. And having sat down, we were speaking to the women having gathered.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 16

¹¹ We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.

¹² From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.

¹³ On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.

¹⁴ Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.

¹⁵ And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

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