Woman living at the time of the New Testament
Lydia
A seller of purple cloth from Thyatira, living in Philippi, “one who worshiped God.” She heard Paul’s message at a prayer place by the river, “the Lord opened her heart to listen,” and she and her household were baptized. She said, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay” (Acts 16:13–15, 40). She is the first convert named at Philippi.