Acts 16:7

Acts 16:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
• New International Version (NIV)When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.

Context of Acts 16:7

5In this way, the groups of believers in those towns became stronger. They trusted Jesus more. More and more people joined the groups of believers every day. 6Paul and his friends wanted to go to the region of Asia to speak God's message. But the Holy Spirit stopped them from doing this. So they travelled through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia. Then they arrived at the edge of the region of Mysia. They wanted to go from there into the region of Bithynia. But the Holy Spirit of Jesus stopped them from going there too. 8So they went quickly through Mysia and they arrived at the city of Troas, on the coast. 9During that night, Paul had a vision. In the vision, he saw a man from the region called Macedonia. The man stood there and he said to Paul, ‘Please, please come across the sea to Macedonia and help us.’

Acts 16:7 word by word

ἐλθόντες δὲ κατὰ τὴν Μυσίαν ἐπείραζον εἰς τὴν Βιθυνίαν πορευθῆναι, καὶ οὐκ εἴασεν αὐτοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα Ἰησοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Afterκατάkata · according toG2596
• they were comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• to Mysiaὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• to MysiaΜυσίαMusia · MysiaG3465
• they assayedπειράζωpeirazō · to test/tempt: tryG3985
• to goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• BithyniaΒιθυνίαBithunia · BithyniaG978
• butκαίkai · andG2532
• the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• sufferedἐάωeaō · to allowG1439
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• notοὐou · noG3756

Cross-references for Acts 16:7

• 1 Peter 1:1This letter is from me, Peter. I am an apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to you, God's own people that he has chosen. You are now living in many different places, in the regions called Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia. You are living in these foreign places as strangers.

Commentaries on Acts 16:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7After they were come to Mysia - They passed through Phrygia into Mysia, which lay between Bithynia on the north, Phrygia on the east, Aeolia on the south, and the Mediterranean on the west. But the Spirit suffered them not - God saw that that was not the most proper time to preach the word at Bithynia; as he willed them to go immediately to Macedonia, the people there being ripe for the word of life. Instead of , the Spirit merely, , the Spirit of Jesus…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Mysia - 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 the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-15Verses 6-15 The removals of ministers, and the dispensing the means of grace by them, are in particular under Divine conduct and direction. We must follow Providence: and whatever we seek to do, if that suffer us not, we ought to submit and believe to be for the best. People greatly need help for their souls, it is their duty to look out for it, and to invite those among them who can help them. And God's calls must be complied with readily. A solemn…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-10God directed the missionaries’ travels: The Holy Spirit had prevented them from proceeding westward into the province of Asia, the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to go north to Bithynia, and then Paul had a vision calling them to go northwest over the Aegean Sea to Macedonia. In the book of Acts, God's Spirit guided his servants in many ways, including: through visions from God (see also 9:10; 10:9–16; 22:18), direct intuition (compare 8:29, 39…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-126-8. Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia--proceeding in a northwesterly direction. At this time must have been formed "the churches of Galatia" (Ga 1:2; 1Co 16:1); founded, as we learn from the Epistle to the Galatians (particularly Ga 4:19), by the apostle Paul, and which were already in existence when he was on his third missionary journey, as we learn from Ac 18:23, where it appears that he was no less successful in…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 16:7

• Bithynia
• Holy Spirit
• Mysia
• Paul

In the dictionaries

• Bithynia
• Establish
• Gather
• Gone
• Harm
• James
• Judge
• Light
• Mysia
• Note

Commentaries on Acts 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings