Acts 16:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. ”

Acts 16:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 attemp...
Acts 16:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Journey through Asia Minor to Macedonia. Here we come to the Travel-document, which is followed henceforward. It was till recently the custom to speak of the We-Passages, which are found in Acts 1...
Acts 16:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 . Gr...
Acts 16:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. After they were come to Mysia - They passed through Phrygia into Mysia, which lay between Bithynia o...
Acts 16:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Spirit— Many manuscripts and versions of undoubted authority read here, The Spirit of Jesus.
Acts 16:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. After they were come to Mysia - lying north westward of Phrygia, but where, as being part of...
Acts 16:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul in Europe 1. Timotheus] was probably of Lystra, not Derbe. His mother Eunice was perhaps a widow, and she, together with his grandmother Lois, educated the lad in the religion of Israel,...
Acts 16:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They assayed to go into Bithynia. — The verse describes very vividly the uncertainty produced day by day by this conflict between human plans and divine direction. Bithynia, lying to the north, had...
Acts 16:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Guided to New Fields Acts 16:1-13 Paul had a wonderful influence over young men. Timothy, Titus, and Mark bore his impress. When circumcision was insisted upon, as in the previous chapter, no o...
Acts 16:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the account of Pads second journey. At Lystra he found Timothy. His action in the circumcision of Timothy is startling in view of the recent decision of the council. Some charge him with...
Acts 16:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, (7) After they were come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bith...
Acts 16:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

After they were come to Mysia ,.... Another country in Asia Minor. It is divided by Ptolomy a into two parts; superior Mysia is bounded by Dalmatia on the west, by Macedonia on the south, by part of...
Acts 16:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. Ver. 7. But the Spirit suffered them not ] The Spirit still lusteth against the flesh, and the f...
Acts 16:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
Acts 16:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Coming to Derbe and Lystra, where he and Barnabas had been persecuted before, Paul was favorably impressed with the young man, Timothy, who had evidently been converted through Paul on his first visi...
Acts 16:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul Invited into Macedonia; The Conversion of Lydia. 6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and we...
Acts 16:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Mysia; a little country near Troas. Bithynia; another province nigh unto the same place, over against Thracia, bordering upon the Black Sea. The Spirit; the Spirit of Jesus, or of God, as some...
Acts 16:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul Is Guided By The Spirit to Europe And Arrives in Philippi (16:6-12). ‘And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Spirit to speak the word in As...
Acts 16:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 16:6 . Phrygia and the region of Galatia should probably be, the Phrygian and Galatian region ; but whether one or two distinct districts is intended is presently under d...
Acts 16:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

suffered R.V. adds "of Jesus", as in the best authorities.
Acts 16:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 16:1 . Then came he to Lystra, as in Acts 14:6 . In their former labours in that city, Lois a jewess, her daughter Eunice, and Timothy her son, had embraced the faith. Now, they found Timoth...
Acts 16:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia. Paul’s first visit to Galatia, A.D. 51 or 52 The form of the Greek expression implies that Phrygia and Galatia are not to be...
Acts 16:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 16:1 And he came also for then came he, A.V. and T.R.; to Lystra for Lystra, A.V. ; Timothy for Timotheus, A.V. ; of a Jewess for of a certain woman which was...
Acts 16:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Through Asia Minor to Troas:
Acts 16:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:1
Acts 16:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Coming to Mysia, and passing it by, as being a part of Asia, they attempted to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit suffered them not — Forbidding them as before. Sometimes a strong impression, for whi...

Acts 16:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 16:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 16:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 16:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 16:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 16:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 16:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 16:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 16:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 16:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 16:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 16:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 16:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 16:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 16:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 16:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 16:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 16:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 16:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 16:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 16:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 16:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes