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Acts 16:12 KJV
Acts · chapter 16 · verse 12 · King James Version
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.Acts 16:12 · King James Version
Acts 16:12 in context
10And 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.
11Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
12And 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.
13And 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.
14And 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.
Key words (Strong's)
- MacedoniamakedoniaMacedonia = " extended land" , a country bounded on the south by Thessaly and…G3109 →
- PhilippiphilippoiPhilippi = " Lover of horses" , a city of Macedonia located on or near the…G5375 →
- abidingdiatribōto rub between, rub hard, to wear away, consume, to spend, pass timeG1304 →
- certaintisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
- thenceekeithenthence, from that placeG1564 →
- colonykolōniaa colony, the city of Philippi is so called, where Octavius had planted a Roman colonyG2862 →
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