1 κατηντησεν δε εις δερβην και λυστραν. και ιδου μαθητης τις ην εκει ονοματι τιμοθεος, υιος γυναικος [τινος] ιουδαιας πιστης, πατρος δε ελληνος, 2 ος εμαρτυρειτο υπο των εν λυστροις και ικονιω αδελφων. 3 τουτον ηθελησεν ο παυλος συν αυτω εξελθειν, και λαβων περιετεμεν αυτον δια τους ιουδαιους τους οντας εν τοις τοποις εκεινοις· ηδεισαν γαρ απαντες τον πατερα αυτου οτι ελλην υπηρχεν. 4 ως δε διεπορευοντο τας πολεις, παρεδιδουν αυτοις φυλασσειν τα δογματα τα κεκριμενα υπο των αποστολων και των πρεσβυτερων των εν ιερουσαλημ. 5 αι μεν ουν εκκλησιαι εστερεουντο τη πιστει και επερισσευον τω αριθμω καθ ημεραν. 6 διελθοντες δε την φρυγιαν και την γαλατικην χωραν, κωλυθεντες υπο του αγιου πνευματος λαλησαι τον λογον εν τη ασια, 7 ελθοντες κατα την μυσιαν επειραζον κατα την βιθυνιαν πορευεσθαι· και ουκ ειασεν αυτους το πνευμα. 8 παρελθοντες δε την μυσιαν κατεβησαν εις τρωαδα. 9 και οραμα δια της νυκτος ωφθη τω παυλω· ανηρ τις ην μακεδων εστως, παρακαλων αυτον και λεγων· διαβας εις μακεδονιαν βοηθησον ημιν. 10 ως δε το οραμα ειδεν, ευθεως εζητησαμεν εξελθειν εις την μακεδονιαν, συμβιβαζοντες οτι προσκεκληται ημας ο κυριος ευαγγελισασθαι αυτους. 11 αναχθεντες ουν απο της τρωαδος ευθυδρομησαμεν εις σαμοθρακην, τη δε επιουση εις νεαπολιν, 12 εκειθεν τε εις φιλιππους, ητις εστιν πρωτη της μεριδος της μακεδονιας πολις κολωνια. ημεν δε εν αυτη τη πολει διατριβοντες ημερας τινας, 13 τη τε ημερα των σαββατων εξηλθομεν εξω της πολεως παρα ποταμον ου ενομιζετο προσευχη ειναι, και καθισαντες ελαλουμεν ταις συνελθουσαις γυναιξιν. 14 και τις γυνη ονοματι λυδια, πορφυροπωλις πολεως θυατειρων, σεβομενη τον θεον, ηκουεν, ης ο κυριος διηνοιξεν την καρδιαν προσεχειν τοις λαλουμενοις υπο του παυλου. 15 ως δε εβαπτισθη και ο οικος αυτης, παρεκαλεσεν λεγουσα· ει κεκρικατε με πιστην τω κυριω ειναι, εισελθοντες εις τον οικον μου μεινατε· και παρεβιασατο ημας. 16 εγενετο δε πορευομενων ημων εις προσευχην παιδισκην τινα εχουσαν πνευμα πυθωνος απαντησαι ημιν, ητις εργασιαν πολλην παρειχεν τοις κυριοις αυτης μαντευομενη. 17 αυτη κατακολουθησασα τω παυλω και τω σιλα εκραζεν λεγουσα· ουτοι οι ανθρωποι δουλοι του θεου του υψιστου εισιν, οιτινες καταγγελλουσιν ημιν οδον σωτηριας. 18 τουτο δε εποιει επι πολλας ημερας. διαπονηθεις δε ο παυλος και επιστρεψας τω πνευματι ειπεν· παραγγελλω σοι εν τω ονοματι ιησου χριστου εξελθειν απ αυτης. και εξηλθεν αυτη τη ωρα. 19 ιδοντες δε οι κυριοι αυτης οτι εξηλθεν η ελπις της εργασιας αυτων, επιλαβομενοι τον παυλον και τον σιλαν ειλκυσαν εις την αγοραν επι τους αρχοντας, 20 και προσαγαγοντες αυτους τοις στρατηγοις ειπον· ουτοι οι ανθρωποι εκταρασσουσιν ημων την πολιν ιουδαιοι υπαρχοντες, 21 και καταγγελλουσιν εθη α ουκ εξεστιν ημιν παραδεχεσθαι ουδε ποιειν ρωμαιοις ουσιν. 22 και συνεπεστη ο οχλος κατ αυτων. και οι στρατηγοι περιρρηξαντες αυτων τα ιματια εκελευον ραβδιζειν, 23 πολλας τε επιθεντες αυτοις πληγας εβαλον εις φυλακην, παραγγειλαντες τω δεσμοφυλακι ασφαλως τηρειν αυτους· 24 ος παραγγελιαν τοιαυτην ειληφως εβαλεν αυτους εις την εσωτεραν φυλακην και τους ποδας αυτων ησφαλισατο εις το ξυλον. 25 κατα δε το μεσονυκτιον παυλος και σιλας προσευχομενοι υμνουν τον θεον· επηκροωντο δε αυτων οι δεσμιοι. 26 αφνω δε σεισμος εγενετο μεγας, ωστε σαλευθηναι τα θεμελια του δεσμωτηριου, ανεωχθησαν τε παραχρημα αι θυραι πασαι και παντων τα δεσμα ανεθη. 27 εξυπνος δε γενομενος ο δεσμοφυλαξ και ιδων ανεωγμενας τας θυρας της φυλακης, σπασαμενος μαχαιραν εμελλεν εαυτον αναιρειν, νομιζων εκπεφευγεναι τους δεσμιους. 28 εφωνησεν δε φωνη μεγαλη ο παυλος λεγων· μηδεν πραξης σεαυτω κακον· απαντες γαρ εσμεν ενθαδε. 29 αιτησας δε φωτα εισεπηδησεν, και εντρομος γενομενος προσεπεσεν τω παυλω και τω σιλα, 30 και προαγαγων αυτους εξω εφη· κυριοι, τι με δει ποιειν ινα σωθω; 31 οι δε ειπον· πιστευσον επι τον κυριον ιησουν χριστον, και σωθηση συ και ο οικος σου. 32 και ελαλησαν αυτω τον λογον του κυριου και πασιν τοις εν τη οικια αυτου. 33 και παραλαβων αυτους εν εκεινη τη ωρα της νυκτος ελουσεν απο των πληγων, και εβαπτισθη αυτος και οι αυτου παντες παραχρημα, 34 αναγαγων τε αυτους εις τον οικον αυτου παρεθηκεν τραπεζαν, και ηγαλλιατο πανοικι πεπιστευκως τω θεω. 35 ημερας δε γενομενης απεστειλαν οι στρατηγοι τους ραβδουχους λεγοντες· απολυσον τους ανθρωπους εκεινους. 36 απηγγειλεν δε ο δεσμοφυλαξ τους λογους τουτους προς τον παυλον, οτι απεσταλκασιν οι στρατηγοι ινα απολυθητε. νυν ουν εξελθοντες πορευεσθε εν ειρηνη. 37 ο δε παυλος εφη προς αυτους· δειραντες ημας δημοσια ακατακριτους, ανθρωπους ρωμαιους υπαρχοντας, εβαλον εις φυλακην· και νυν λαθρα ημας εκβαλλουσιν; ου γαρ, αλλα ελθοντες αυτοι ημας εξαγαγετωσαν. 38 ανηγγειλαν δε τοις στρατηγοις οι ραβδουχοι τα ρηματα ταυτα· και εφοβηθησαν ακουσαντες οτι ρωμαιοι εισιν, 39 και ελθοντες παρεκαλεσαν αυτους, και εξαγαγοντες ηρωτων εξελθειν της πολεως. 40 εξελθοντες δε εκ της φυλακης εισηλθον προς την λυδιαν, και ιδοντες τους αδελφους παρεκαλεσαν αυτους και εξηλθον.
Acts · Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
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Notes on this text (3)
- The digital source has no accents or capitals (as Robinson distributes it); 1912 base text, movable nu regularised.
- Double square brackets [[ ]] are marks in the digital source; at 1 John 5:7–8 they enclose the words the 1904 edition prints in smaller type.
- Credit: Maurice A. Robinson & Jussi Ala-Konni (byztxt).
People & places in this chapter
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People
Lydia
A worshiper of God from Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth at Philippi whose heart the Lord opened to Paul's message; she and her household were baptized.
Cited in the guide: Acts 16:14; Acts 16:40
Silas
A leading man among the brothers in Jerusalem and a prophet, chosen to accompany Paul on his second journey; he was imprisoned with Paul at Philippi and is elsewhere called…
Cited in the guide: Acts 15:22; Acts 15:40; Acts 16:25
Timothy
A disciple from Lystra with a Greek father and a believing Jewish mother, whom Paul circumcised and took with him as a coworker; he received two letters from Paul.
Cited in the guide: Acts 16:1; 1 Corinthians 4:17; Philippians 2:19
Places
Antioch (Syrian)
The empire's third-largest city and the first major Gentile church — the launching base for Paul's journeys. (Distinct from Pisidian Antioch.)
Cited in the guide: Acts 11:26; Acts 13:1-3; Galatians 2:11
Athens
The philosophical center of the Greco-Roman world. Paul engaged Stoic and Epicurean thinkers on Mars Hill (the Areopagus), reasoning toward the resurrection.
Cited in the guide: Acts 17:16; Acts 17:22
Corinth
Corinth straddled the isthmus linking mainland Greece to the Peloponnese — a hub of commerce and immorality. Paul founded the church here; a Roman bema traditionally linked to his hearing before…
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1
Ephesus
The chief city of Roman Asia, famed for the temple of Artemis. Paul's long ministry sparked the silversmiths' riot; the city is also the first addressed in Revelation.
Cited in the guide: Acts 19:1; Acts 19:28; Revelation 2:1
Philippi
A Roman colony on the Via Egnatia and the site of Paul's first European converts — a beloved church to which he later wrote from prison.
Cited in the guide: Acts 16:12; Acts 16:25; Philippians 1:1
Thessalonica
Capital of the Roman province of Macedonia and a key stop on the Via Egnatia. Paul's brief ministry produced a strong church and two of his earliest letters.
Cited in the guide: Acts 17:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; Acts 17:6
Cross references (40)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Timothy 1:5; 1 Thessalonians 3:2; 2 Timothy 1:2; Acts 18:5; 1 Timothy 1:2
- 2 1 Timothy 5:10; 2 Timothy 3:15; Acts 16:40; 1 Timothy 3:7; 2 Timothy 3:11
- 3 Galatians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 9:20; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 5:1–3; Acts 15:40
- 4 Acts 15:28–29; Acts 15:2; Acts 11:30; Acts 15:6
- 5 Acts 9:31; Acts 2:47; Acts 6:7; 1 Peter 5:10; Acts 15:41
- 6 Acts 18:23; Acts 16:7; Galatians 1:2; Acts 11:12; Acts 13:2–4
- 7 Philippians 1:19; Galatians 4:6; Romans 8:9; Acts 8:29; 1 Peter 1:1
- 8 2 Timothy 4:13; 2 Corinthians 2:12; Acts 16:11; Acts 20:5
- 9 Acts 19:21; Acts 18:5; Acts 9:10–12; Romans 15:26; Acts 18:9–10
- 10 2 Corinthians 2:12–13; Acts 14:7; Psalm 119:60; Acts 21:1–18; Acts 27:1–28:16
- 11 Acts 21:1; Acts 16:8
- 12 1 Thessalonians 2:2; Philippians 1:1; Acts 20:6; Acts 16:9; Acts 16:21
- 13 Acts 13:14; Acts 21:5; Colossians 1:23; Acts 18:4; Acts 20:7
- 14 Luke 24:45; Ephesians 1:17–18; Isaiah 50:5; John 6:44–45; Revelation 3:20
- 15 Acts 11:14; Hebrews 13:2; Acts 16:33; Luke 24:29; Genesis 19:3
- 16 Leviticus 19:31; Deuteronomy 18:9–11; Isaiah 8:19; 1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Samuel 28:7
- 17 John 14:6; 1 Peter 2:16; Mark 5:7; Daniel 6:20; Daniel 3:28
- 18 Mark 16:17; Luke 10:17–19; Acts 3:6; Acts 19:12–17; Acts 9:34
- 19 Acts 17:6; Acts 21:30; 2 Corinthians 6:5; Acts 16:16; Acts 8:3
- 20 James 4:4; Romans 12:2; Acts 28:22; John 15:18–20; Acts 17:6–8
- 21 Esther 3:8; Acts 16:12; Jeremiah 10:3; Acts 26:3
- 22 1 Thessalonians 2:2; 2 Corinthians 6:5; Acts 22:22–26; Hebrews 11:36; 2 Corinthians 11:23–25
- 23 Revelation 2:10; 2 Timothy 2:9; 1 Samuel 23:22–23; Matthew 27:63–66; Ephesians 3:1
- 24 Job 13:27; Job 33:11; Jeremiah 29:26; Jeremiah 38:26; Psalm 105:18
- 25 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18; Psalm 119:62; James 1:2; Romans 5:3; 1 Peter 1:6–8
- 26 Acts 4:31; Acts 5:19; Acts 12:10; Acts 12:7; Psalm 146:7
- 27 Acts 12:19; Matthew 27:5; 1 Kings 16:18; 2 Samuel 17:23; 1 Samuel 31:4–5
- 28 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Luke 6:27–28; Luke 23:34; Exodus 20:13; Matthew 5:44
- 29 Revelation 3:9; Daniel 6:26; Jeremiah 10:10; Acts 9:5–6; Isaiah 66:5
- 30 John 6:27–29; Acts 2:37; Acts 22:10; Luke 3:10; Acts 14:15
- 31 John 1:12; John 3:36; Acts 2:38–39; Romans 10:9–10; Acts 11:13–14
- 32 Romans 1:16; Colossians 1:27–28; 1 Timothy 1:13–16; 1 Thessalonians 2:8; Mark 16:15
- 33 1 Corinthians 1:16; Acts 16:15; Luke 10:33–34; Acts 16:25; Galatians 5:13
- 34 Romans 15:13; Acts 2:46; Romans 5:11; Philemon 7; Isaiah 61:10
- 35 Acts 5:40; Acts 4:21; Jeremiah 5:22; Psalm 76:10
- 36 Acts 15:33; John 14:27; Mark 5:34; 1 Samuel 29:7; Exodus 4:18
- 37 Acts 22:25–29; Proverbs 28:1; Acts 16:20–24; Matthew 10:16; Psalm 94:20
- 38 Acts 22:29; Matthew 21:46; Matthew 14:5
- 39 Matthew 8:34; Mark 5:17; Daniel 6:23; Daniel 6:16; Isaiah 49:23
- 40 Acts 14:22; Acts 16:14; 1 Thessalonians 3:2–3; 2 Corinthians 4:16–18; 2 Corinthians 1:3–7
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
was thought likely") to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. 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." See again Paul judaizing.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… sailing from Troas, we directed our ship's course towards Samothracia." And then he carefully indicates all the rest of their journey as far as Philippi, and how they delivered their first address: "for, sitting down," he says, "we spake unto the women who had assembled;" and certain believed, even a great many.
Hear, for instance, the seller of purple saying, "If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come in, and abide with me." Hear the women, who went about with the apostles, having taken unto themselves manly courage, Priscilla, Persis, and the rest; from whom our present women are as far removed as our men from their men.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)