10 After Paul had this vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia. We decided that God had called us to preach the good news to the people there.

11 We left by ship from Troas and sailed to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis.

12 From there we went inland to Philippi, a city of the first district of Macedonia. It is also a Roman colony. We spent several days there.

13 On the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the river where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sat down and spoke to the women who gathered there.

14 A woman named Lydia who was a seller of purple came from Thyatira. She worshipped God because God opened her heart to listen to the things spoken by Paul.

15 When she and her household were baptized she came to us saying, »If you judge me to be faithful to God, come to my house, and stay there.« She absolutely insisted that we come.

16 A young woman who had a spirit of divination met us as we were going to the place of prayer. She brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

17 She followed Paul and cried out: »These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.«