Acts 16:7
having gone toward Mysia, they were trying to go on toward Bithynia, and the Spirit did not permit them,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
In Context
8and having passed by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Cross References
Acts 8:29And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and be joined to this chariot”;
Galatians 4:6and because you are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
1 Peter 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
Matthew Henry on Acts 16:7-16
Paul Invited into Macedonia; The Conversion of Lydia. 6 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, 7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. 8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. 10 And after he had seen the vision,… Read the whole commentary →