So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were growing in number every day.

Paul’s Vision of a Man of Macedonia

And they traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in Asia.[a] And when they[b] came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 16:6 A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)
  2. Acts 16:7 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal

So the churches were strengthened(A) in the faith and grew daily in numbers.(B)

Paul’s Vision of the Man of Macedonia

Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia(C) and Galatia,(D) having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.(E) When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus(F) would not allow them to.

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