KJV King James Version
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].
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Acts 16:13
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].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
On the Sabbath day we went forth 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 American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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,
Surrounding context — Acts 16
10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next [day] to Neapolis;
12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, [and] a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.
13 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].
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.
15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought [us], saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there]. And she constrained us.
16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
τῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoτεG5037 · teand/bothἡμέρᾳG2250 · hēmeradayτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoσαββάτωνG4521 · sabbatonSabbathἐξήλθομενG1831 · exerchomaito go outἔξωG1854 · exōout/outside(r)τῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoπύληςG4439 · pulēgateπαρὰG3844 · parafrom/with/besideποταμὸνG4215 · potamosriverοὗG3757 · ohuwhitherἐνομίζομενG3543 · nomizōto thinkπροσευχὴνG4335 · proseuchēprayerεἶναι,G1511 · einaito existκαὶG2532 · kaiandκαθίσαντεςG2523 · kathizōto seatἐλαλοῦμενG2980 · laleōto speakταῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoσυνελθούσαιςG4905 · sunerchomaito assembleγυναιξίν.¶G1135 · gunēwoman
Cross-references
Acts 13:14But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.Acts 21:5And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till [we were] out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.Colossians 1:23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;Acts 13:42And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.Acts 17:2And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,Mark 16:15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.Acts 20:7And upon the first [day] of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.Matthew 5:1-2And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:Matthew 13:2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.Luke 13:10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.Acts 18:4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.Acts 16:6Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,Luke 4:20-21And he closed the book, and he gave [it] again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.John 8:2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
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