Acts 16:6

And having gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, and being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,

In Context

5The churches, therefore, were established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

7they came to Mysia, and attempted to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

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Cross References

Acts 2:9Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

Acts 11:12And the Spirit bade me go with them, making no scruple. And these six brethren also went with me, and we entered into the man's house.

Acts 16:7they came to Mysia, and attempted to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

Acts 19:10And this continued for two years; so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

Acts 20:4And there accompanied him unto Asia, Sopater, son of Pyrrhus, a Beroean; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:2-6

Paul's Adoption of Timothy. 1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek. 4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered… Read the whole commentary →

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