Acts 16:6

And having gone through Phrygia and the Galatian country, on being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia,

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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 were attempting to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

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Cross References

Isaiah 30:21And thine ears shall hear a voice behind thee, Saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it!” When ye turn aside to the right hand, or to the left.

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. And these six brethren also came with me, and we entered the man's house.

Acts 16:7they came to Mysia, and were attempting 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 as far as 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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