Joyce Voysey
Chapter 16 of Acts records the conversion of both Lydia (a
seller of purple at Thyatira, a city in what is now western Turkey) and the
keeper of the prison where Paul and Silas were imprisoned. There is
always opposition and set-backs but the work goes on. The spread of
Jesus’ teaching is dramatic. The chapter ends with Lydia providing a
place for Paul and Silas after their release from prison. It seems to me
that we are left with a beautiful image of the house (consciousness) of Lydia.
The geography of this chapter I find somewhat
confusing. As Paul was forbidden to preach in Roman Asia, a voice told
him to go to Macedonia (Greece in Europe), which he did.
But Lydia was at Thyatira
(Turkey). No, Lydia was from Asia, but was living in Macedonia.
I have found a web site with maps easily obtainable – Daily
Bible Study by Wayne Black. Here is a link to a map of Paul’s second journey, which lasted for 3 years – 49-52 A.D.
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