Act 16:14 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 14. A seller of purple . Purple was a most valuable colour, obtained usually from shell-fish. It was chiefly worn by princes, and by the rich; and the traffic in it might be very profitable. The city of Thyatira . This was a city of Lydia, in Asia Minor, now called Ak-hisar . The art of dying was particularly cultivated, as appears from an inscription found there. (See Kuin�el .) Which worshipped God . A religious woman; a proselyte. Whose heart the Lord opened . . (a) "the Lord opened"

Acts 16:14

Verse 14. A seller of purple. Purple was a most valuable colour, obtained usually from shell-fish. It was chiefly worn by princes, and by the rich; and the traffic in it might be very profitable.

The city of Thyatira. This was a city of Lydia, in Asia Minor, now called Ak-hisar. The art of dying was particularly cultivated, as appears from an inscription found there. (See Kuin�el.)

Which worshipped God. A religious woman; a proselyte. Acts 13:16

Whose heart the Lord opened. Lk 24:45.

(a) "the Lord opened" Lk 24:45