- From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day on to Neapolis.
- From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
- On the Sabbath 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.
- One of 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.
- When she and the members of her household were baptized, 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.
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- 於是從特羅亞開船、一直行到撒摩特喇、第二天到了尼亞波利。
- 從那裡來到腓立比、就是馬其頓這一方的頭一個城.也是羅馬的駐防城.我們在這城裡住了幾天.
- 當安息日、我們出城門、到了河邊、知道那裡有一個禱告的地方、我們就坐下對那聚會的婦女講道。
- 有一個賣紫色布疋的婦人、名叫呂底亞、是推雅推喇城的人、素來敬拜 神.他聽見了、主就開導他的心、叫他留心聽保羅所講的詁。
- 他和他一家既領了洗、便求我們說、你們若以為我是真信主的、〔或作你們若以為我是忠心事主的〕請到我家裡來住.於是強留我們。
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