Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Acts 16:15 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 15. 15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
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Quick Meaning
Reports household baptism and Lydia's insistent hospitality based on judged faithfulness.
Read It With
- Acts 16:11–16:15
Read Acts 16:15 with 16:11–16:15. In isolation, this contribution—reports household baptism and Lydia's insistent hospitality based on judged faithfulness—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: The team reaches Philippi, goes to a riverside prayer place, speaks with women, and the Lord opens Lydia's heart; she and her household are baptized, and she presses the missionaries to accept her hospitality.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Reports household baptism and Lydia's insistent hospitality based on judged faithfulness. This precise contribution belongs inside “Lydia's household opens in Philippi” because The team reaches Philippi, goes to a riverside prayer place, speaks with women, and the Lord opens Lydia's heart; she and her household are baptized, and she presses the missionaries to accept her hospitality.
What Remains True
Acts 16:15's particular contribution—reports household baptism and Lydia's insistent hospitality based on judged faithfulness—shows that faithful witness remains accountable to the verse's speaker, narrated setting, affected people, and the complete movement of Acts 16:11–16:15.
How It Can Shape Life
- Practice Acts 16:15's particular contribution—reports household baptism and Lydia's insistent hospitality based on judged faithfulness—through this passage-controlled response: Receive Lydia as an economically active host and participant, respect household agency, and refuse to build doctrine on assumptions the text does not supply.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 16:11–16:15 — Lydia's household opens in PhilippiSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 16:11–16:15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 16:11-16:15
Open the Acts Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for words explicitly discussed in this unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data, TAGNT rows for Acts 16:11-16:15
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Acts
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, geography, chronology, and historical notes actually printed for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Acts PDF, printed pp. 2104-2205, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 16:11–16:15
Open source ↗