Acts 16:6

Then they went through Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit having forbidden them to proclaim the message in Asia.

Montgomery 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

5So the churches were strengthened in the faith and continued to increase in number daily.

7When they got as far as Mysia, they attempted to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit it;

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Cross References

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

Acts 11:12"And the Spirit bade me accompany them without misgiving. There also accompanied me these six brothers, and we went into the man’s house.

Acts 16:7When they got as far as Mysia, they attempted to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit it;

Acts 19:10This went on for two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia heard the Lord’s message, Jews as well as Greeks.

Acts 20:4There accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, 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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