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Acts 16:40

Lydia
ComfortFellowship and the church

38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

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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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
They went out of the prison and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, then departed.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And having gone out of the prison, they came to Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they exhorted them and went away.
BLB
And having gone out of the prison, they came to Lydia, and having seen [them], they exhorted the brothers and went out.
ÅB
Så gikk de da ut av fengslet og gikk inn til Lydia, og etter at de hadde sett brødrene og formant dem, dro de avsted.
OTB
Etter å ha forlatt fengselet, dro de til Lydias hus, hvor de møtte brødrene og søstrene og oppmuntret dem. Deretter dro de videre.
B1930
Så gikk de da ut av fengslet og gikk inn til Lydia, og efterat de hadde sett brødrene og formant dem, drog de avsted.

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Cross references

  • Acts 14:22

    Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

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  • Acts 16:14

    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.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 3:2–3

    And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:16–18

    For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

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  • 2 Corinthians 1:3–7

    Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:8–12

    We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

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  • Acts 12:12–17

    And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.

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  • Acts 4:23

    And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

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