Acts 16:6

So passing through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia,

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

5Then were the churches established truly in the faith, and increased in number daily.

7coming as far as Mysia, they made an effort to go unto Bythinia: but the Spirit permitted them not.

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Cross References

Acts 2:9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and they who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia,

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

Acts 16:7coming as far as Mysia, they made an effort to go unto Bythinia: but the Spirit permitted them not.

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

Acts 20:4And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater a Berean; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus, Asiatics.

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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