# Acts 16:13

> On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.

— Acts 16:13, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Philippi** (Macedonia · today Philippi) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/philippi

## When

- c. AD 49-52 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Acts 18:12 puts Paul before Gallio, proconsul of Achaia in AD 51-52 by the Delphi inscription. It is the anchor of the whole chronology of Paul.

## Who ruled

- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- **Gallio**, proconsul of Achaia, AD 51-52 · Source: Delphi inscription (SIG 801d), which dates his term; Acts 18:12. It is the only fixed date in Paul's chronology.
- **Herod Agrippa II**, king of Judea, AD 50-93 · Source: Josephus, Jewish War II; Antiquities XX
- **Antonius Felix**, procurator of Judea, AD 52-59 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.7-8; Tacitus, Annals XII.54

## What happened

- **The church in Europe begins in a house** (AD 50)
  Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, is the first recorded convert on the continent. The European church begins in a businesswoman’s living room.

## See also

- Acts 13:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/14
- Acts 18:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/4
- Acts 21:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/5
- Colossians 1:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/colossians/1/23

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## Questions linked to this verse

- In Acts 16, at which city did Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, listen to Paul? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aad-7ef4-8e00-8d87d84bcaf8

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/16/13
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/16
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).