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Out of the city (ἔξω τῆς πόλεως)
The best texts read τύλης, the gate.
River
Probably the Gangas or Gangites.
Where prayer was wont to be made (οὗ ἐνομίζετο προσευχὴ εἶναι)
The best texts read ἐνομίζομεν προσευχὴν, where we supposed there was a place of prayer. The number of Jews in Philippi was small, since it was a military and not a mercantile city; consequently there was no synagogue, but only a proseucha, or praying-place, a slight structure, and often open to the sky. It was outside the gate, for the sake of retirement, and near a stream, because of the ablutions connected with the worship.