¹⁴ One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira^(A) named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart^(B) to respond to Paul’s message.

¹⁵ When she and the members of her household^(A) were baptized,^(B) she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

⁴ Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas,^(A) as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

¹² As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.^(A)

³⁴ Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus,^(A) also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.