Acts 16:6

They next went through the Phrygian district of Galatia, but were restrained by the Holy Spirit from delivering the message in Roman 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

5So the churches grew stronger in the faith, and increased in numbers from day to day.

7When they reached the borders of Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

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Cross References

Acts 2:9Some of us are Parthians, some Medes, some Elamites; and some of us live in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Roman Asia,

Acts 11:12The Spirit told me to go with them without hesitation. These six companions also went with me. And, when we came into the man’s house,

Acts 16:7When they reached the borders of Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

Acts 19:10This went on for two years, so that all who lived in Roman Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the Lord’s message.

Acts 20:4He was accompanied by Sopater the son of Pyrrhus, of Beroea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, as well as by Tychicus and Trophimus of Roman Asia.

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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