Verse 14. A seller of purple. Purple was a most valuable colour, obtained usually from shell-fish. It was chiefly worn by princes, and by the rich; and the traffic in it might be very profitable.
The city of Thyatira. This was a city of Lydia, in Asia Minor, now called Ak-hisar. The art of dying was particularly cultivated, as appears from an inscription found there. (See Kuinoel.)
Which worshipped God. A religious woman; a proselyte. See Barnes |Ac 13:16|
Whose heart the Lord opened. See Barnes |Lu 24:45|.
{a} |the Lord opened| Lu 24:45