but they could not discover what was to be done, for the whole of the people hung upon his lips.
Among the listeners there was a woman called Lydia, a dealer in purple who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She reverenced God, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.
Day after day he taught within the temple. The high priests and scribes tried to have him put to death, and so did the leaders of the people,
One day, when he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, up came the priests and scribes along with the elders.