Acts 16:11–17

Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi

¹¹From Troasⁱ we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. ¹²From there we traveled to Philippi,^j a Roman colony and the leading city of that district^a of Macedonia.^k And we stayed there several days.

¹³On the Sabbath^l we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. ¹⁴One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira^m named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heartⁿ to respond to Paul’s message. ¹⁵When she and the members of her household^o were baptized,^p she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

Paul and Silas in Prison

¹⁶Once when we were going to the place of prayer,^q we were met by a female slave who had a spirit^r by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. ¹⁷She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God,^s who are telling you the way to be saved.”