Acts 16:6

Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the Galatian region, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia.

English Majority Text (NT)

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

5Therefore the churches were strengthened in the faith, and were growing in number each day. 1 Paul's Vision of the Man of Macedonia

7And having come to Mysia they attempted to go to Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.

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Cross References

Acts 2:9Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

Acts 11:12And the Spirit told me to go with them, without wavering. Now these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the house of the man.

Acts 16:7And having come to Mysia they attempted to go to Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.

Acts 19:10Now this took place for two years, so that all who were dwelling in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

Acts 20:4And Sopater, a Berean, was accompanying him to Asia—also Aristarchus of the Thessalonians, and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus, the Asians.

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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