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Acts 16:7

Acts 16:7
After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

After 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 16:6-15

In these verses we have,

I. Paul's travels up and down to do good. 1. He and Silas his colleague went throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, where, it should seem, the gospel was already…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

were come to Mysia The Greek scarcely says this. The preposition would be better rendered over against. The course of the journey seems to have been through Galatia and Phrygia, until they got so far…

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