Verse 14
14. Named Lydia A personal name, often used, derived from the name of the province of Lydia.
Seller of purple (See note on Luke 16:19.)
Thyatira The purple traffic in this region was earlier than Homer, and women were the purplers. By the great Roman roads the traffic between Thyatira was, at this time, easy; and inscriptions are still extant describing the trade as it once existed.
Worshipped In this piety Lydia was remarkably distinguished from the women of her country. Wetstein gives repeated passages from Greek writers affirming that Lydian women were unchaste, all.
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