Acts 16:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

seller of purple. Greek. porphuropolis. Only here. The celebrated purple dye was made from the murex,. shell-fish. Referred to by Homer.

Thyatira. On the Lycus in Lydia. Inscriptions of the guild of Dyers at Thyatira.

which worshipped. one worshipping. Greek. sebomai. App-137. No doubt. proselyte.

God. App-98.

heard. was hearing.

opened. opened effectually. Greek. dianoigo. Only here, Acts 17:3.Mark 7:34; Mark 7:35.Luke 2:23; Luke 24:31; Luke 24:32; Luke 24:45.

Acts 16:14

14 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.