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Acts 16:40
“And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.”
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Acts 16:40 Context
37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. 38And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. 39And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. 40And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
"And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed." Acts 16:40 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for Acts 16:40
And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
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Wesley's Notes for Acts 16:40
16:40 When they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed - Though many circumstances now invited their stay, yet they wisely complied with the request of the magistrates, that they might not seem to express any degree of obstinacy or revenge, or give any suspicion of a design to stir up the people.
People's Bible Notes for Acts 16:40
Ac 16:40 When they had seen the brethren. Who now met at the house of Lydia. The church thus planted grew and was afterwards honored with an apostolic letter. Departed. To another field of labor. The reader should pause to reflect that Philippi had been the first place, so far as we know, where the gospel was preached in Europe (Ac 16:12,13), that a woman was the first convert (Ac 16:14,15), that the messengers of the cross were met with blows, torture, and the dungeon (Ac 16:22-24), but through grace and the power of God triumphed gloriously (Ac 16:40). While Paul was in his next field of labor, Thessalonica, this young church of Philippi twice sent contributions to sustain him (Php 4:15,16).
And they went out of the prison, and entred into the house of Lydia, and when they had seene the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
They went out of the prison and entered {the house of} Lydia, and when they saw the brethren, they encouraged them and departed.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they went out of the prison, and entered into `the house' of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.
- Basic English Bible
After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia's house to see the brothers and encourage them. Then they left the city.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
And having gone out of the prison, they came to Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they exhorted them and went away.
- Darby Bible
And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
- English Revised Version
They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia's house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.
- World English Bible