Acts · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Acts 16 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
1 Κατήντησε δε εις Δέρβην και Λύστραν. Και ιδού, ήτο εκεί μαθητής τις ονόματι Τιμόθεος, υιός γυναικός τινός Ιουδαίας πιστής, πατρός δε Έλληνος,
1 He came to Derbe and Lystra; and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed, but his father was a Greek.
1 Κατήντησε δὲ εἰς Δέρβην καὶ Λύστραν. καὶ ἰδοὺ μαθητής τις ἦν ἐκεῖ ὀνόματι Τιμόθεος, υἱὸς γυναικός [τινος] Ἰουδαίας πιστῆς, πατρὸς δὲ Ἕλληνος,
2 όστις είχε καλήν μαρτυρίαν υπό των εν Λύστροις και Ικονίω αδελφών.
2 The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.
2 ὃς ἐμαρτυρεῖτο ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν Λύστροις καὶ Ἰκονίῳ ἀδελφῶν.
3 Τούτον ηθέλησεν ο Παύλος να εξέλθη μεθ' εαυτού, και λαβών αυτόν περιέτεμε διά τους Ιουδαίους τους όντας εν τοις τόποις εκείνοις· επειδή εγνώριζον πάντες τον πατέρα αυτού ότι ήτο Έλλην.
3 Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
3 τοῦτον ἠθέλησεν ὁ Παῦλος σὺν αὐτῷ ἐξελθεῖν, καὶ λαβὼν περιέτεμεν αὐτὸν διὰ τοὺς Ἰουδαίους τοὺς ὄντας ἐν τοῖς τόποις ἐκείνοις· ᾔδεισαν γὰρ ἅπαντες τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ ὅτι Ἕλλην ὑπῆρχεν.
4 Ως δε διήρχοντο τας πόλεις, παρέδιδον εις αυτούς διαταγάς να φυλάττωσι τα δόγματα τα εγκεκριμένα υπό των αποστόλων και των πρεσβυτέρων των εν Ιερουσαλήμ.
4 As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
4 Ὡς δὲ διεπορεύοντο τὰς πόλεις, παρεδίδουν αὐτοῖς φυλάσσειν τὰ δόγματα τὰ κεκριμένα ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τῶν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
5 Αι μεν λοιπόν εκκλησίαι εστερεούντο εις την πίστιν και ηυξάνοντο τον αριθμόν καθ' ημέραν.
5 So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
5 Αἱ μὲν οὖν ἐκκλησίαι ἐστερεοῦντο τῇ πίστει καὶ ἐπερίσσευον τῷ ἀριθμῷ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν.
6 Διελθόντες δε την Φρυγίαν και την γην της Γαλατίας, επειδή εμποδίσθησαν υπό του Αγίου Πνεύματος να κηρύξωσι τον λόγον εν τη Ασία,
6 When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
6 Διελθόντες δὲ τὴν Φρυγίαν καὶ τὴν Γαλατικὴν χώραν, κωλυθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος λαλῆσαι τὸν λόγον ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ,
7 ήλθον κατά την Μυσίαν και εδοκίμαζον να υπάγωσι προς την Βιθυνίαν· πλην δεν αφήκεν αυτούς το Πνεύμα.
7 When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.
7 ἐλθόντες κατὰ τὴν Μυσίαν ἐπείραζον κατὰ τὴν Βιθυνίαν πορεύεσθαι· καὶ οὐκ εἴασεν αὐτοὺς τὸ Πνεῦμα.
8 Περάσαντες δε την Μυσίαν κατέβησαν εις Τρωάδα.
8 Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
8 παρελθόντες δὲ τὴν Μυσίαν κατέβησαν εἰς Τρῳάδα.
9 Και όραμα εφάνη διά νυκτός εις τον Παύλον. Ανήρ τις Μακεδών ίστατο, παρακαλών αυτόν και λέγων· Διάβα εις Μακεδονίαν και βοήθησον ημάς.
9 A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”
9 καὶ ὅραμα διὰ τῆς νυκτὸς ὤφθη τῷ Παύλῳ· ἀνήρ τις ἦν Μακεδὼν ἑστώς, παρακαλῶν αὐτὸν καὶ λέγων· διαβὰς εἰς Μακεδονίαν βοήθησον ἡμῖν.
10 Και ως είδε το όραμα, ευθύς εζητήσαμεν να υπάγωμεν εις την Μακεδονίαν, συμπεραίνοντες ότι ο Κύριος προσκαλεί ημάς, διά να κηρύξωμεν το ευαγγέλιον προς αυτούς.
10 When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.
10 ὡς δὲ τὸ ὅραμα εἶδεν, εὐθέως ἐζητήσαμεν ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Μακεδονίαν, συμβιβάζοντες ὅτι προσκέκληται ἡμᾶς ὁ Κύριος εὐαγγελίσασθαι αὐτούς.
11 Αποπλεύσαντες λοιπόν από της Τρωάδος, επεράσαμεν κατ' ευθείαν εις Σαμοθράκην και την ακόλουθον ημέραν εις Νεάπολιν
11 Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
11 Ἀναχθέντες οὖν ἀπὸ τῆς Τρῳάδος εὐθυδρομήσαμεν εἰς Σαμοθρᾴκην, τῇ δὲ ἐπιούσῃ εἰς Νεάπολιν,
12 και εκείθεν εις Φιλίππους, ήτις είναι πρώτη πόλις του μέρους εκείνου της Μακεδονίας, αποικία Ρωμαϊκή. Και διετρίβομεν εν τη πόλει ταύτη ημέρας τινάς·
12 and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.
12 ἐκεῖθέν τε εἰς Φιλίππους, ἥτις ἐστὶ πρώτη τῆς μερίδος τῆς Μακεδονίας πόλις κολωνία. Ἦμεν δὲ ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ πόλει διατρίβοντες ἡμέρας τινάς,
13 και τη ημέρα του σαββάτου εξήλθομεν έξω της πόλεως πλησίον του ποταμού, όπου εσυνειθίζετο να γίνηται προσευχή, και καθήσαντες ελαλούμεν προς τας εκεί συνελθούσας γυναίκας.
13 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.
13 τῇ τε ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων ἐξήλθομεν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως παρὰ ποταμὸν οὗ ἐνομίζετο προσευχὴ εἶναι, καὶ καθίσαντες ἐλαλοῦμεν ταῖς συνελθούσαις γυναιξί.
14 Και γυνή τις Λυδία το όνομα, πωλήτρια πορφύρας εκ πόλεως Θυατείρων, σεβομένη τον Θεόν, ήκουε, της οποίας ο Κύριος διήνοιξε την καρδίαν διά να προσέχη εις τα λαλούμενα υπό του Παύλου.
14 A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
14 καί τις γυνὴ ὀνόματι Λυδία, πορφυρόπωλις πόλεως Θυατείρων, σεβομένη τὸν Θεόν, ἤκουεν, ἧς ὁ Κύριος διήνοιξε τὴν καρδίαν προσέχειν τοῖς λαλουμένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου.
15 Αφού δε εβαπτίσθη αυτή και ο οίκος αυτής, παρεκάλεσε λέγουσα· Εάν με εκρίνατε ότι είμαι πιστή εις τον Κύριον, εισέλθετε εις τον οίκόν μου και μείνατε· και μας εβίασεν.
15 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.
15 ὡς δὲ ἐβαπτίσθη καὶ ὁ οἶκος αὐτῆς, παρεκάλεσε λέγουσα· εἰ κεκρίκατέ με πιστὴν τῷ Κυρίῳ εἶναι, εἰσελθόντες εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου μείνατε· καὶ παρεβιάσατο ἡμᾶς.
16 Ενώ δε επορευόμεθα εις την προσευχήν, απήντησεν ημάς δούλη τις έχουσα πνεύμα πύθωνος, ήτις έδιδε πολύ κέρδος εις τους κυρίους αυτής μαντευομένη.
16 As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.
16 Ἐγένετο δὲ πορευομένων ἡμῶν εἰς προσευχὴν παιδίσκην τινὰ ἔχουσαν πνεῦμα πύθωνος ἀπαντῆσαι ἡμῖν, ἥτις ἐργασίαν πολλὴν παρεῖχε τοῖς κυρίοις αὐτῆς μαντευομένη.
17 Αύτη ακολουθήσασα τον Παύλον και ημάς έκραζε, λέγουσα· Ούτοι οι άνθρωποι είναι δούλοι του Θεού του Υψίστου, οίτινες κηρύττουσι προς ημάς οδόν σωτηρίας.
17 Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”
17 αὕτη κατακολουθήσασα τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Σίλᾳ ἔκραζε λέγουσα· οὗτοι οἱ ἄνθρωποι δοῦλοι τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ὑψίστου εἰσίν, οἵτινες καταγγέλλουσιν ἡμῖν ὁδὸν σωτηρίας.
18 Τούτο δε έκαμνεν επί πολλάς ημέρας. Βαρυνθείς δε ο Παύλος και στραφείς, είπε προς το πνεύμα, Προστάζω σε εν τω ονόματι του Ιησού Χριστού να εξέλθης απ' αυτής. Και εξήλθε την αυτήν ώραν.
18 She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.
18 τοῦτο δὲ ἐποίει ἐπὶ πολλὰς ἡμέρας. διαπονηθεὶς δὲ ὁ Παῦλος καὶ ἐπιστρέψας τῷ πνεύματι εἶπε· παραγγέλλω σοι ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐξελθεῖν ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς. καὶ ἐξῆλθεν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ.
19 Ιδόντες δε οι κύριοι αυτής ότι εξήλθεν η ελπίς του κέρδους αυτών, πιάσαντες τον Παύλον και τον Σίλαν, έσυραν εις την αγοράν προς τους άρχοντας,
19 But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
19 Ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ κύριοι αὐτῆς ὅτι ἐξῆλθεν ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς ἐργασίας αὐτῶν, ἐπιλαβόμενοι τὸν Παῦλον καὶ τὸν Σίλαν εἵλκυσαν εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας,
20 και φέροντες αυτούς προς τους στρατηγούς, είπον· Ούτοι οι άνθρωποι εκταράττουσι την πόλιν ημών, Ιουδαίοι όντες,
20 When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city
20 καὶ προσαγαγόντες αὐτοὺς τοῖς στρατηγοῖς εἶπον· οὗτοι οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐκταράσσουσιν ἡμῶν τὴν πόλιν Ἰουδαῖοι ὑπάρχοντες,
21 και διδάσκουσιν έθιμα, τα οποία δεν είναι εις ημάς συγκεχωρημένον να παραδεχώμεθα μηδέ να πράττωμεν, Ρωμαίοι όντες.
21 and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”
21 καὶ καταγγέλλουσιν ἔθη ἃ οὐκ ἔξεστιν ἡμῖν παραδέχεσθαι οὐδὲ ποιεῖν Ῥωμαίοις οὖσι.
22 Και συνεφώρμησεν ο όχλος κατ' αυτών. Και οι στρατηγοί διασχίσαντες αυτών τα ιμάτια, προσέταττον να ραβδίζωσιν αυτούς,
22 The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.
22 καὶ συνεπέστη ὁ ὄχλος κατ᾽ αὐτῶν. καὶ οἱ στρατηγοὶ περιρρήξαντες αὐτῶν τὰ ἱμάτια ἐκέλευον ῥαβδίζειν,
23 και αφού έδωκαν εις αυτούς πολλούς ραβδισμούς, έβαλον εις φυλακήν, παραγγείλαντες τον δεσμοφύλακα να φυλάττη αυτούς ασφαλώς·
23 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.
23 πολλάς τε ἐπιθέντες αὐτοῖς πληγὰς ἔβαλον εἰς φυλακήν, παραγγείλαντες τῷ δεσμοφύλακι ἀσφαλῶς τηρεῖν αὐτούς·
24 όστις λαβών τοιαύτην παραγγελίαν, έβαλεν αυτούς εις την εσωτέραν φυλακήν και συνέκλεισε τους πόδας αυτών εις το ξύλον.
24 Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
24 ὃς παραγγελίαν τοιαύτην εἰληφὼς ἔβαλεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν ἐσωτέραν φυλακὴν καὶ τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν ἠσφαλίσατο εἰς τὸ ξύλον.
25 Κατά δε το μεσονύκτιον ο Παύλος και ο Σίλας προσευχόμενοι ύμνουν τον Θεόν· και ηκροάζοντο αυτούς οι δέσμιοι.
25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
25 Κατὰ δὲ τὸ μεσονύκτιον Παῦλος καὶ Σίλας προσευχόμενοι ὕμνουν τὸν Θεόν· ἐπηκροῶντο δὲ αὐτῶν οἱ δέσμιοι.
26 Και εξαίφνης έγεινε σεισμός μέγας, ώστε εσαλεύθησαν τα θεμέλια του δεσμωτηρίου, και παρευθύς ηνοίχθησαν πάσαι αι θύραι και ελύθησαν πάντων τα δεσμά.
26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.
26 ἄφνω δὲ σεισμὸς ἐγένετο μέγας, ὥστε σαλευθῆναι τὰ θεμέλια τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου, ἀνεῴχθησάν τε παραχρῆμα αἱ θύραι πᾶσαι καὶ πάντων τὰ δεσμὰ ἀνέθη.
27 Εξυπνήσας δε ο δεσμοφύλαξ και ιδών ανεωγμένας τας θύρας της φυλακής, έσυρε μάχαιραν και έμελλε να θανατώση εαυτόν, νομίζων ότι έφυγον οι δέσμιοι.
27 The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
27 ἔξυπνος δὲ γενόμενος ὁ δεσμοφύλαξ καὶ ἰδὼν ἀνεῳγμένας τὰς θύρας τῆς φυλακῆς, σπασάμενος μάχαιραν ἔμελλεν ἑαυτὸν ἀναιρεῖν, νομίζων ἐκπεφευγέναι τοὺς δεσμίους.
28 Πλην ο Παύλος έκραξε μετά φωνής μεγάλης, λέγων· Μη πράξης μηδέν κακόν εις σεαυτόν· διότι πάντες είμεθα εδώ.
28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”
28 ἐφώνησε δὲ φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ὁ Παῦλος λέγων· μηδὲν πράξῃς σεαυτῷ κακόν· ἅπαντες γάρ ἐσμεν ἐνθάδε.
29 Ζητήσας δε φώτα εισεπήδησε, και έντρομος γενόμενος έπεσεν έμπροσθεν του Παύλου και του Σίλα,
29 He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,
29 αἰτήσας δὲ φῶτα εἰσεπήδησε, καὶ ἔντρομος γενόμενος προσέπεσε τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Σίλᾳ,
30 και εκβαλών αυτούς έξω, είπε· Κύριοι, τι πρέπει να κάμω διά να σωθώ;
30 brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
30 καὶ προαγαγὼν αὐτοὺς ἔξω ἔφη· κύριοι, τί με δεῖ ποιεῖν ἵνα σωθῶ;
31 Οι δε είπον· Πίστευσον εις τον Κύριον Ιησούν Χριστόν, και θέλεις σωθή, συ και ο οίκός σου.
31 They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
31 οἱ δὲ εἶπον· πίστευσον ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, καὶ σωθήσῃ σὺ καὶ ὁ οἶκός σου.
32 Και ελάλησαν προς αυτόν τον λόγον του Κυρίου και προς πάντας τους εν τη οικία αυτού.
32 They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.
32 καὶ ἐλάλησαν αὐτῷ τὸν λόγον τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ αὐτοῦ.
33 Και παραλαβών αυτούς εν εκείνη τη ώρα της νυκτός, έλουσε τας πληγάς αυτών και εβαπτίσθη ευθύς αυτός και πάντες οι αυτού,
33 He took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.
33 καὶ παραλαβὼν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ τῆς νυκτὸς ἔλουσεν ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν, καὶ ἐβαπτίσθη αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ αὐτοῦ πάντες παραχρῆμα,
34 και αναβιβάσας αυτούς εις τον οίκον αυτού παρέθηκε τράπεζαν, και ευφράνθη πανοικί πιστεύσας εις το Θεόν.
34 He brought them up into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly with all his household, having believed in God.
34 ἀναγαγών τε αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ παρέθηκε τράπεζαν, καὶ ἠγαλλιᾶτο πανοικὶ πεπιστευκὼς τῷ Θεῷ.
35 Αφού δε έγεινεν ημέρα, έστειλαν οι στρατηγοί τους ραβδούχους, λέγοντες· Απόλυσον τους ανθρώπους εκείνους.
35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.”
35 Ἡμέρας δὲ γενομένης ἀπέστειλαν οἱ στρατηγοὶ τοὺς ῥαβδούχους λέγοντες· ἀπόλυσον τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐκείνους.
36 Και ο δεσμοφύλαξ απήγγειλε τους λόγους τούτους προς τον Παύλον, λέγων ότι οι στρατηγοί έστειλαν διά να απολυθήτε· τώρα λοιπόν εξέλθετε και υπάγετε εν ειρήνη.
36 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace.”
36 ἀπήγγειλε δὲ ὁ δεσμοφύλαξ τοὺς λόγους τούτους πρὸς τὸν Παῦλον, ὅτι ἀπεστάλκασιν οἱ στρατηγοὶ ἵνα ἀπολυθῆτε. νῦν οὖν ἐξελθόντες πορεύεσθε ἐν εἰρήνῃ.
37 Αλλ' ο Παύλος είπε προς αυτούς· Αφού έδειραν ημάς δημοσία χωρίς να καταδικασθώμεν, ανθρώπους Ρωμαίους όντας, έβαλον εις φυλακήν· και τώρα μας εκβάλλουσι κρυφίως; ουχί βεβαίως, αλλ' αυτοί ας έλθωσι και ας μας εκβάλωσιν.
37 But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”
37 ὁ δὲ Παῦλος ἔφη πρὸς αὐτούς· δείραντες ἡμᾶς δημοσίᾳ ἀκατακρίτους, ἀνθρώπους Ῥωμαίους ὑπάρχοντας, ἔβαλον εἰς φυλακήν· καὶ νῦν λάθρᾳ ἡμᾶς ἐκβάλλουσιν; οὐ γάρ, ἀλλὰ ἐλθόντες αὐτοὶ ἡμᾶς ἐξαγαγέτωσαν.
38 Ανήγγειλαν δε προς τους στρατηγούς οι ραβδούχοι τους λόγους τούτους· και εφοβήθησαν ακούσαντες ότι είναι Ρωμαίοι,
38 The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,
38 ἀνήγγειλαν δὲ τοῖς στρατηγοῖς οἱ ῥαβδοῦχοι τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα· καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ῥωμαῖοί εἰσι,
39 και ελθόντες παρεκάλεσαν αυτούς, και αφού εξέβαλον, παρεκάλουν αυτούς να εξέλθωσιν εκ της πόλεως.
39 and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.
39 καὶ ἐλθόντες παρεκάλεσαν αὐτούς, καὶ ἐξαγαγόντες ἠρώτων ἐξελθεῖν τῆς πόλεως.
40 Οι δε εξελθόντες εκ της φυλακής, υπήγον εις τον οίκον της Λυδίας, και ιδόντες τους αδελφούς, παρηγόρησαν αυτούς και ανεχώρησαν.
40 They went out of the prison and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, then departed.
40 ἐξελθόντες δὲ ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς εἰσῆλθον πρὸς τὴν Λυδίαν, καὶ ἰδόντες τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς παρεκάλεσαν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐξῆλθον.
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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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)