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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 16:8

Came down to Troas - This was a city of Phrygia or Mysia, on the Hellespont, between Troy north, and Assos south. Sometimes the name Troas or Troad, is used to denote the whole country of the Trojans, the province where the ancient city of Troy had stood. This region was much celebrated in the early periods of Grecian history. It was here that the events recorded in the Iliad of Homer are supposed to have occurred. The city of Troy has long since been completely destroyed. Troas is several... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 16:6-8

Acts 16:6-8. Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia Greek, διελθοντες δε την Φρυγιαν , και την Γαλατικην χωραν , having passed through Phrygia and the Galatian country, and spoken there what was sufficient, and delivered to the churches in those parts the decrees above mentioned, in order to their establishment in the true faith of the gospel; and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost (probably by an inward dictate) to preach the word in Asia That is, in the proconsular Asia: for, “as... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 16:1-10

Across Asia Minor to Troas (16:1-10)Upon arriving in Lystra, Paul and Silas were joined by Timothy, a young man whom the elders of the Galatian churches considered suited to the task ahead (1 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy 4:14). Timothy was half-Jewish, and Paul thought it wise that he be circumcised, apparently hoping that this would gain acceptance for Timothy with the Jewish population wherever the missionaries went. The circumcision of Timothy was for practical, not religious, purposes, in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 16:6

Now, &c. The texts read, "They went through". the region of Galatia = the Galatian country. forbidden = hindered. the Holy Ghost . App-101 . preach = speak. Greek. laleo. App-121 . word . Greek. logos. App-121 . Asia . See note on Acts 2:9 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 16:7

After they were = Having. to = down to. Greek. kata. App-104 . to the border of Mysia. Revised Version "over against". assayed = were attempting. Greek. peirazo. See Acts 15:10 . into . Greek. kata, as above, but the texts read eis. Bithynia . The province of Bithynia and Pontns, lying on the S. E. shores of the Propontis (Sea of Marmora), and the south shore of the Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea) the Spirit = the Holy Spirit. App-101 . The texts add "of Jesus", but it was the same Spirit... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 16:8

Troas . Alexandreia Troas, the port on the coast of Mysia, about thirty miles south of the Dardanelles. Now Eski stamboul. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 16:6

And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.THE MACEDONIAN CALLPhrygia and Galatia ... The exact boundaries of these cannot certainly be known, due to the dual usage of the term "Galatia," the view preferred here being that the churches of south Galatia (the larger Roman province) which Paul had founded on the first tour were again revisited in this. It is only fair, however, to note that Lightfoot and many others... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 16:7

And when they came over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not. And passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.Mysia ... was at the northern border between Asia and Bithynia; but when Paul would have passed through Asia into Bithynia, he was again forbidden by the Spirit of God. For more on Troas, see under Acts 20:5.Spirit of Jesus ... The Spirit of Jesus is here recognized as exactly the same as the Spirit of God, indicating forcefully that... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 16:6

Acts 16:6. To preach the word in Asia,— That is, in Asia Proper, or Proconsular Asia, as all the places mentioned in the former verses lay in Asia Minor. It is also apparent that flourishing churches were afterwards planted there; particularly at Colosse, Laodicea, Sardis, Thyatira, and Philadelphia; so that it seems to have been the determination of Providence, that, instead of going through this region now, by such a leisurely progress as that in which they proceeded in their former journey... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 16:7

Acts 16:7. The Spirit— Many manuscripts and versions of undoubted authority read here, The Spirit of Jesus. read more

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