Acts 16:6
And they passed through the Phrygian and Galatian country, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5The assemblies, therefore, were being confirmed in the faith, and increasing in number, every day.
Cross References
Isaiah 30:21So shall, thine own ears, hear a word from behind thee saying,—This, is the way, walk ye therein, When ye would turn to the right hand Or when ye would turn to the left.
Acts 2:9Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judaea also and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
Acts 11:12And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also; and we entered into the house of the man,
Acts 16:7but, coming along Mysia, they were attempting to journey into Bithynia,—and, the Spirit of Jesus, suffered them not;
Acts 19:10And, this, took place for two years, so that, all who dwelt in Asia, heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
Acts 20:4Now there were accompanying him, 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 →