Acts 16:15 (DBY)

Passage

And when she had been baptised and her house, 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.

Nearby Context

Acts 16:13 And on the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where it was the custom for prayer to be, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had assembled.

Acts 16:14 And a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard; whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things spoken by Paul.

Acts 16:15 And when she had been baptised and her house, 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.

Acts 16:16 And it came to pass as we were going to prayer that a certain female slave, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much profit to her masters by prophesying.

Acts 16:17 She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you [the] way of salvation.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "been", "baptised", "house", "besought", "saying", "judged", and "faithful". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "been", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And a certain woman by name Lydia..." into verse 16's "And it came to pass as we...", so "faith" and "been" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "been" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.