Mysia - This was a province of Asia Minor, having Propontis on the north, Bithynia on the east, Lydia on the south, and the Aegean Sea on the west.They assayed - They endeavored; they attempted.Into Bithynia - A province of Asia Minor lying east of Mysia. read more
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
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
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
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
Acts 16:7. The Spirit— Many manuscripts and versions of undoubted authority read here, The Spirit of Jesus. read more
7. After they were come to Mysia—where, as being part of Roman Asia, they were forbidden to labor (Acts 16:8). they assayed—or attempted to go into—or, towards. Bithynia—to the northeast. but the Spirit—speaking as before. suffered them not—probably because, (1) Europe was ripe for the labors of this missionary party; and (2) other instruments were to be honored to establish the Gospel in the eastern regions of Asia Minor, especially the apostle Peter (see 1 Peter 1:1). By the end of the first... read more
1. The call to Macedonia 16:6-10Luke recorded Paul’s vision of the Macedonian man to explain God’s initiative in encouraging Paul and his companions to carry the gospel farther west into what is now Europe.". . . this section [Acts 6:6-10] makes it overwhelmingly clear that Paul’s progress was directed by God in a variety of ways, so that the missionaries were led into new areas of work." [Note: Marshall, The Acts . . ., p. 261.] "His [Luke’s] subject is the rapid extension of Christianity... read more
C. The extension of the church to the Aegean shores 16:6-19:20The missionary outreach narrated in this section of the book took place in major cities along the Aegean coastline that major Roman roads connected. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 16:7
And when for after, A.V. and T.R.; come over against ( κατὰ ) for come to, A.V.; and the Spirit of Jesus for but the Spirit, A.V. and T.R. But the phrase, "the Spirit of Jesus," occurs nowhere in the New Testament, and is on that account very improbable here, though there is considerable manuscript authority for it. It is accepted by Meyer dud Alford and Wordsworth, following Griesbach, Lachmann, Tischendorf, etc. read more