Acts 16:40
And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
This moment belongs to the proclamation of the gospel beyond the confines of Asia Minor, when the way was preparing for the workers to cross over into Europe after the vision at Troas on the borders of the Mediterranean Sea of a man of Macedonia asking for help. The call was imperative and allowed no delay, and Paul, Silas, Timothy, and Luke sailed from Troas with a straight course to Samothracia, then to Neapolis, then to Philippi, the chief city of that part of Macedonia and a colony. It belongs to the deliverance from prison, an event through which officers in the emperor's service were converted.
After leaving the prison they entered into the house of Lydia and met the new believers, the brethren there. There they rejoiced and encouraged them by recounting how God had acted during the night, including the conversion of the jailer and the other prisoners. When entreated to leave Philippi they acted on Christ's instruction not to urge their presence where it was not desired. They complied with the magistrates' request yet did not depart hastily, but first comforted the brethren and then departed from the city.