Acts 16:6
And they travelled through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia; and the Holy Spirit forbid them to speak the word of God in Asia.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
5And so were the churches established in the faith, and were increased in number daily.
Cross References
Acts 2:9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those dwelling between the rivers, Jews and Cappadocians, and those from the region of Pontus and of Asia,
Acts 11:12And the Spirit said to me: Go with them, without hesitation. And these six brethren went also with me, and we entered the man's house.
Acts 16:7And when they came into the region of Mysia, they were disposed to go from there into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus permitted them not.
Acts 19:10And this continued for two years, until all who resided in Proconsular Asia, both Jews and Gentiles, heard the word of the Lord.
Acts 20:4And there departed with him, as far as Asia, Sopater of the city Berea, and Aristarchus and Secundus who were of Thessalonica, and Gaius who was of the city of Derbe, and Timothy of Lystra, 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 →