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Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi

Acts 16:13

In 9 translations

BSB
On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.
KJV
And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
WEB
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.
ASV
And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together.
LSV
on the day of the Sabbaths we also went forth outside of the city, by a river, where there used to be prayer, and having sat down, we were speaking to the women who came together,
YLT
on the sabbath-day also we went forth outside of the city, by a river, where there used to be prayer, and having sat down, we were speaking to the women who came together,
DBY
And on the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where it was the custom for prayer to be, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had assembled.
DRC
And upon the sabbath day, we went forth without the gate by a river side, where it seemed that there was prayer; and sitting down, we spoke to the women that were assembled.
GNV
And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the citie, besides a Riuer, where they were wont to pray: and we sate downe, and spake vnto the women, which were come together.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πύλης (“gate”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read πόλεως (“city”).
  • NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐνομίζομεν (“we were accustomed”); NA28, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐνομίζετο (“they were being accustomed”).
  • NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read προσευχὴν (“prayer”); NA28, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read προσευχὴ (“prayer”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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  • SBLGNT: πύλης. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πύλης; Robinson–Pierpont read πόλεως.
  • SBLGNT: ἐνομίζομεν προσευχὴν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐνομίζομεν προσευχὴν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐνομίζετο προσευχὴ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
τῇ τε ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων ἐξήλθομεν ἔξω τῆς πύλης παρὰ ποταμὸν οὗ ἐνομίζομεν προσευχὴν εἶναι, καὶ καθίσαντες ἐλαλοῦμεν ταῖς συνελθούσαις γυναιξίν.
RP2018
Τῇ τε ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων ἐξήλθομεν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως παρὰ ποταμόν, οὗ ἐνομίζετο προσευχὴ εἶναι, καὶ καθίσαντες ἐλαλοῦμεν ταῖς συνελθούσαις γυναιξίν.
TR-Boyd
Τῇ τε ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων ἐξήλθομεν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως παρὰ ποταμόν, οὗ ἐνομίζετο προσευχὴ εἶναι, καὶ καθίσαντες ἐλαλοῦμεν ταῖς συνελθούσαις γυναιξί.
SCR1894
τη τε ημερα των σαββατων εξηλθομεν εξω της πολεως παρα ποταμον ου ενομιζετο προσευχη ειναι και καθισαντες ελαλουμεν ταις συνελθουσαις γυναιξιν

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◆ Second Missionary Journey◆ Lydia's Conversion

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  • Acts 13:14And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
  • Acts 21:5But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
  • Acts 18:4Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
  • Colossians 1:23if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
  • Acts 20:7On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
  • Luke 4:20–21Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him, and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
  • Luke 13:10One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,
  • Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Acts 13:42As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
  • Acts 17:2As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
  • Mark 16:15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
  • Matthew 13:2Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
  • Matthew 5:1–2When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him, and He began to teach them, saying:
  • John 8:2Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.
  • Acts 16:6After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.

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