Acts 16:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Lydia

Acts 16:40

Thyatira

Revelation 1:11

Revelation 2:18

Worshipped

Whose

General references

Luke 24:29

Bible References

Lydia

When Paul and Silas left the prison, they went to Lydia's house, and, after they had seen the Brethren, and encouraged them, they left the place.

Thyatira

It said-- 'Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven Churches, to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamus, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicaea.'

To the Angel of the Church in Thyatira write:-- "These are the words of the Son of God, 'whose eyes are like flaming fire, and whose feet are like brass':--

Worshipped

So Philip set out on a journey; and on his way he came upon an official of high rank, in the service of Candace, Queen of the Abyssinians. He was her treasurer, and had been to Jerusalem to worship,

A religious man and one who reverenced God, with all his household. He was liberal in his charities to the people, and prayed to God constantly.

So he left, and went to the house of a certain Titius Justus, who had been accustomed to join in the worship of God, and whose house was next door to the Synagogue.

Among those who were going up to worship at the Festival were some Greeks,

Whose

The power of the Lord was with them, so that a great number who had learned to believe came over to the Lord's side.

Then he enabled them to understand the meaning of the Scriptures, saying to them:

"No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

So, then, all depends, not on human wishes or human efforts, but on God's mercy.

I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.

But their minds were slow to learn. Indeed, to this very day, at the public reading of the Old Covenant, the same veil remains unlifted; only for those who are in union with Christ does it pass away.

Men whose minds have been blinded by the God of this Age, unbelievers as they are, so that the light from the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the very incarnation of God, should not shine for them.

My prayer is that the God of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all- glorious Father, may inspire you with wisdom and true insight through a fuller knowledge of himself;

Remember it is God who, in his kindness, is at work within you, enabling you both to will and to work.

Do not be deceived, my dear Brothers.

To the Angel of the Church in Philadelphia write:-- "These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds 'the Key of David, who opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one opens':--

General references

But they pressed him not to do so. "Stay with us," they said, "for it is getting towards evening, and the sun in already low." So Jesus went in to stay with them.