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Acts 16:8

So they passed by Mysia and went to the city of Troas.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Mysia;   Paul;   Troas;   Thompson Chain Reference - Missions, World-Wide;   Troas;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Philippi;   Troas;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Asia;   Colossae;   Mark;   Mission;   Mysia;   Paul;   Peter, letters of;   Troas;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Mysia;   Paul;   Troas;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Acts of the Apostles;   Lycaonia;   Mysia;   Troas;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Mission(s);   Mysia;   Troas;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acts of the Apostles;   Chronology of the New Testament;   Galatians, Epistle to the;   Lydia;   Troas;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Galatia ;   Macedonia ;   Mysia ;   Roads and Travel;   Troas ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Mysia ;   Troas ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mysia;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lystra;   Mysia;   Philippi;   Troas;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mys'ia;   Tro'as,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Mysia;   Troas;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Galatians, Epistle to the;   Mysia;   Troas;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Passing by Mysia they went down to Troas.
King James Version (1611)
And they passing by Mysia, came downe to Troas.
King James Version
And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
English Standard Version
So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
New American Standard Bible
and passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
New Century Version
So they passed by Mysia and went to Troas.
Amplified Bible
so passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Legacy Standard Bible
and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Berean Standard Bible
So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.
Contemporary English Version
So they went on through Mysia until they came to Troas.
Complete Jewish Bible
So, after passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Darby Translation
and having passed by Mysia they descended to Troas.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore they passed through Mysia, and came downe to Troas,
George Lamsa Translation
And when they had left Mys''ia, they came to the country of Tro''as.
Good News Translation
So they traveled right on through Mysia and went to Troas.
Lexham English Bible
So going through Mysia, they went down to Troas.
Literal Translation
And passing by Mysia, they came down into Troas.
American Standard Version
and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Bible in Basic English
And going past Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Hebrew Names Version
Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
International Standard Version
So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
AND when they had gone forth from Mysia they came to the region of Troas.
Murdock Translation
And when they departed from Mysia, they came down to the region of Troas.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they passyng through Mysia, came downe to Troada.
English Revised Version
and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
World English Bible
Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas. And a vision appeared to Paul by night:
Weymouth's New Testament
So, passing along Mysia, they came to Troas.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But whanne thei hadden passid bi Mysie, thei camen doun to Troade;
Update Bible Version
and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they, passing by Mysia, came down to Troas.
New English Translation
so they passed through Mysia and went down to Troas.
New King James Version
So passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
New Living Translation
So instead, they went on through Mysia to the seaport of Troas.
New Life Bible
From Mysia they went down to the city of Troas.
New Revised Standard
so, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, passing by Mysia, they came down unto Troas.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they had passed through Mysia, they went down to Troas.
Revised Standard Version
so, passing by My'sia, they went down to Tro'as.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then they went over Misia and cam doune to Troada.
Young's Literal Translation
and having passed by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles whan they had passed thorow Mysia, they came downe to Troada,
Mace New Testament (1729)
and came to Troas.
Simplified Cowboy Version
With all their ways seemingly blocked, they headed west to the port at Troas.

Contextual Overview

6 Paul and those with him went through the areas of Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit did not allow them to tell the Good News in the province of Asia. 7 When they reached the border of Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them go there. 8 So they passed by Mysia and went to the city of Troas. 9 That night Paul saw a vision. In it, a man from Macedonia came to Paul. The man stood there and begged, "Come across to Macedonia and help us." 10 After Paul had seen the vision, we immediately prepared to leave for Macedonia. We understood that God had called us to tell the Good News to those people. 11 We left Troas in a ship and sailed to the island of Samothrace. The next day we sailed to the city of Neapolis. 12 Then we went to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city in that part of Macedonia. We stayed there for a few days. 13 On the Sabbath day we went out the city gate to the river. There we thought we might find a special place for prayer. Some women had gathered there, so we sat down and talked with them. 14 There was a woman there named Lydia from the city of Thyatira. Her job was selling purple cloth. She was a worshiper of the true God. Lydia was listening to Paul, and the Lord opened her heart to accept what Paul was saying. 15 She and all the people living in her house were baptized. Then she invited us into her home. She said, "If you think I am a true believer in the Lord Jesus, come stay in my house." She persuaded us to stay with her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Troas: Acts 16:11, Acts 20:5, 2 Corinthians 2:12, 2 Timothy 4:13

Cross-References

Genesis 3:9
The Lord God called to the man and said, "Where are you?"
Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? You killed your brother and the ground opened up to take his blood from your hands. Now his blood is shouting to me from the ground. So you will be cursed from this ground.
Genesis 16:1
Sarai was Abram's wife, but she did not have any children. She had an Egyptian slave named Hagar.
Genesis 16:2
Sarai told Abram, "The Lord has not allowed me to have children, so sleep with my slave. Maybe she can have a son, and I will accept him as my own." Abram did what Sarai said.
Genesis 16:4
Abram slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When Hagar realized this, she became very proud and began to feel that she was better than Sarai her owner.
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "My slave girl now hates me, and I blame you for this. I gave her to you, and she became pregnant. Then she began to feel that she is better than I am. I want the Lord to judge which of us is right."
Genesis 16:8
The angel said, "Hagar, Sarai's slave girl, why are you here? Where are you going?" Hagar said, "I am running away from Sarai."
1 Samuel 26:19
My lord the king, listen to me. If the Lord caused you to be angry with me, let him accept an offering. But if men caused you to be angry with me, I ask the Lord to curse them because they forced me to leave the land that the Lord gave me and told me to go serve other gods.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
Don't quit your job simply because the boss is angry with you. If you remain calm and helpful, you can correct even great mistakes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they passed by Mysia,.... Without stopping or staying there, though they came to it:

came down to Troas; either the country of Troas, as the Syriac version renders it; which, according to Solinus m, is bordered on the north part of Galatia, and was near to Lycaonia, Pisidia, and Mygdonia on the south, and to Lydia on the east, and to Mysia and Caria on the north: or rather the city of Troas, which Pliny says n, was formerly called Antigonia, now Alexandria, a colony of the Romans. Antigonus king of Asia called it Troas at first, because it was in the country, and near where Troy stood, but afterwards he called it, according to his own name, Antigonia; but Lysimachus king of Thrace having got this city into his hands, repaired it, and called it after the name of Alexander, Alexandria; and to distinguish it from Alexandria in Egypt, and other cities of the same name in other places, it was called Alexandria Troas.

m lb. c. 53. n Hist. Nat. l. 5. c. 30.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Came down to Troas - This was a city of Phrygia or Mysia, on the Hellespont, between Troy north, and Assos south. Sometimes the name Troas or Troad, is used to denote the whole country of the Trojans, the province where the ancient city of Troy had stood. This region was much celebrated in the early periods of Grecian history. It was here that the events recorded in the Iliad of Homer are supposed to have occurred. The city of Troy has long since been completely destroyed. Troas is several times mentioned in the New Testament, 2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13; Acts 20:5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 16:8. Came down to Troas. — The Troad, or part of Phrygia Minor in which the celebrated city of Troy was formerly situated. This city was first built by Dardanus, who was its king, and from whom it was called Dardania; from Tros, his grandson, it was called Troja, or Troy; and from his son, Ilus, it was called Ilium. It has been long so completely destroyed that no ascertainable vestige of it remains; insomuch that some have even doubted of its existence. Those who contend for the reality of the history of Troy suppose it to have stood on the site of the modern village Bounarbachi, about twelve miles from the sea, on an eminence, at the termination of a spacious plain.


 
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