ACTS 16:40 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.”
After they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue — the overland route from Philippi moves west through Amphipolis and Apollonia toward Thessalonica, a major port city on the Aegean. The return to the synagogue pattern (as in previous cities) suggests the established strategy: begin with Jewish communities before expanding to gentiles.
Church Fathers on Acts 16:40
And besought them to depart out of the city Acts 16:39: begged them as a favor. And they went to the house of Lydia, and having confirmed her, so departed. For it was not right to leave their hostess in distress and anxiety. But they went out, not in compliance with the request of those rulers, but hasting to the preaching: the city having been sufficiently benefited by the miracle: for it was fit they should not be there any longer. For in the absence of them that wrought…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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