16 ¹¹ So we sailed from Troas and made a straight run to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis, 16 ¹² and from there to Philippi, a city of the first rank in that district of Macedonia, and a Roman colony. Here we stayed for some days, 16 ¹³ and on the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate by the riverside, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, Some witnesses read: where there was a recognized place of prayer. and sat down and talked to the women who had gathered there. 16 ¹⁴ One of them named Lydia, a dealer in purple fabric from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshipper of God, was listening, and the Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul said. 16 ¹⁵ She was baptized, and her household with her, and then she said to us, 'If you have judged me to be a believer in the Lord, I beg you to come and stay in my house.' And she insisted on our going.