Why did Paul go to a riverside park in Philippi?
There was evidently no synagogue in Philippi, so on the Sabbath he went outside the city to a riverside spot where prayer was customarily made. There he sat down and spoke to the Jewish women who gathered there for devotion.
Les explains that Paul and his companions were in Philippi, in northern Greece, and they went out to a little riverside park. Evidently there was no synagogue in Philippi, so the Jewish women could not have full synagogue services but met by the river for prayer on the Sabbath. Paul sat down and spoke to the women who resorted there. The account then introduces Lydia, a seller of purple from Thyatira, who worshipped God and whose heart the Lord opened so she attended to the things spoken by Paul.
And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
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Where did Paul and Silas go on the Sabbath in Philippi and why?
On the Sabbath — the Jewish seventh day — Paul went out of the city to a riverside where prayer was customarily made, that is, a place of devotion.