Lydia Crossword for Kids (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free Lydia crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (Acts 16:11–15), and each level downloads with or without an answer key.

• Easy (ages 5–7): short answers, simple clues and a word box to pick from.
• Medium (grades K–2): more words and no word box.
• Hard (grades 3–5): kids look up each verse in their Bible to find the answer.

Use them after the Lydia Bible story page, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

On the sabbath Paul and those with him went out of the city of Philippi by a river side, "where prayer was wont to be made," and spake unto the women which resorted thither. A certain woman named Lydia, "a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God," heard them, and the Lord opened her heart to attend unto the things which were spoken of Paul. She was baptized, and her household, and she said, "come into my house, and abide there." Read the whole story in Acts 16:11–15 (KJV).

Memory verse: "And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul." (Acts 16:14, KJV). It is printed on every level.

The clues

The easy crossword has 6 answers and a word box to pick from. The medium crossword has 8 clues like these:

• ___ was the chief city of that part of Macedonia. (Acts 16:12)
• On the ___ they went out of the city by a river side. (Acts 16:13)
• They sat down, and spake unto the ___ which resorted thither. (Acts 16:13)
• A certain woman named ___ heard them. (Acts 16:14)
• Lydia was of the city of ___. (Acts 16:14)
• Lydia was a woman which ___ God. (Acts 16:14)
• She was ___, and her household. (Acts 16:15)
• She was baptized, and her ___. (Acts 16:15)

The hard crossword has 11 clues, each with its verse printed after it, so kids find the answers in their own Bible.

Answer keys

Each level downloads two ways: the puzzle on its own, or with a second page that shows the answer (the filled grid with each answer's verse). Print the key for helpers, or let kids check their own work.