Thyatira
A place in the Bible
A city of Asia, in what is today western Turkey. Lydia, the dealer in purple cloth, came from there.
What happened here
- Lydia: she was from Thyatira and sold purple cloth, a very expensive dyed fabric. In Philippi she listened to Paul, and the Lord opened her heart.
- The Book of Revelation: it has a message for the Church in Thyatira.
Today
Today it is the city of Akhisar, in Turkey.
Where it appears in the Bible
Acts 16:14; Revelation 2:18
What the Bible says
Acts 16:14
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, did hear: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to those things which were said by Paul.
Revelation 2:18
And to the angel of the church of Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like to a flame of fire, and his feet like to fine brass.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), “Thyatira”; Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), “Thyatira”