Acts 16:7

New Life Version

When they came to the city of Mysia, they tried to go on to the city of Bithynia but the Holy Spirit would not let them go.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.

King James Version (1611)
After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to goe into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

King James Version
After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

English Standard Version
And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.

New American Standard Bible
and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

New Century Version
When they came near the country of Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them.

Amplified Bible
and after they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;

Legacy Standard Bible
and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;

Berean Standard Bible
And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.

Contemporary English Version
After they arrived in Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not let them.

Complete Jewish Bible
When they came to the frontier of Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit of Yeshua would not let them.

Darby Translation
having come down to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

Easy-to-Read Version
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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came they to Mysia, and sought to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

George Lamsa Translation
And when they came to the country of Mys''ia, they wanted to go from thence to Bi-thyn''i-a: but the spirit of Jesus permitted them not.

Good News Translation
When they reached the border of Mysia, they tried to go into the province of Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.

Lexham English Bible
And when they came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

Literal Translation
coming against Mysia, they attempted to go along Bithynia, and the Spirit did not allow them.

American Standard Version
and when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;

Bible in Basic English
And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;

Hebrew Names Version
When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn't allow them.

International Standard Version
They went as far as Mysia and tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them.

Etheridge Translation
And when they came to the region of Mysia they willed to go from thence to Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jeshu permitted them not.

Murdock Translation
And when they came into the region of Mysia, they were disposed to go from there into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus permitted them not.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
They commyng to Mysia, sought to go into Bithynia: but the spirite suffred them not.

English Revised Version
and when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;

World English Bible
When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn't allow them.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Coming to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit suffered them not.

Weymouth's New Testament
When they reached the frontier of Mysia, they were about to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit this.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei camen in to Mysie, thei assaieden to go in to Bithynye, and the spirit of Jhesu suffride not hem.

Update Bible Version
and when they had come across from Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

Webster's Bible Translation
After they had come to Mysia, they essayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

New English Translation
When they came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to do this,

New King James Version
After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit [fn] did not permit them.

New Living Translation
Then coming to the borders of Mysia, they headed north for the province of Bithynia, but again the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to go there.

New Revised Standard
When they had come opposite Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, coming along Mysia, they were attempting to journey into Bithynia, - and, the Spirit of Jesus, suffered them not;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they were come into Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia: and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not.

Revised Standard Version
And when they had come opposite My'sia, they attempted to go into Bithyn'ia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
they came to Misia and sought to goo into Bethinia. But the sprete soffered the not.

Young's Literal Translation
having gone toward Mysia, they were trying to go on toward Bithynia, and the Spirit did not suffer them,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Howbeit as they came in to Mysia, they proued to take their iourney in to Bithinia, and the sprete suffred them not.

Mace New Testament (1729)
being therefore arrived in Mysia, they essayed to go into Bithynia, but the spirit of Jesus would not allow it: so they pass'd by Mysia,

Simplified Cowboy Version
When the reined up at the border of Mysia, they wanted to continue north and go into Bithynia, but once again the Holy Spirit kept them from going.

Contextual Overview

⁶ They went through the countries of Phrygia and Galatia. The Holy Spirit kept them from preaching the Word of God in the countries of Asia. ⁷ When they came to the city of Mysia, they tried to go on to the city of Bithynia but the Holy Spirit would not let them go. ⁸ From Mysia they went down to the city of Troas. ⁹ That night Paul had a dream. A man was standing in front of him crying out, "Come over to the country of Macedonia and help us!" ¹⁰ After he had seen this, we agreed that God told us to go to Macedonia to tell them the Good News. ¹¹ We took a ship from the city of Troas to the city of Samothracia. The next day we went to the city of Neapolis. ¹² From there we went to the city of Philippi. This was an important city in Macedonia. It was ruled by the leaders of the country of Rome. We stayed here for some days. ¹³ On the Day of Rest we went outside the city to a place down by the river. We thought people would be gathering there for prayer. Some women came and we sat down and talked to them. ¹⁴ One of the women who listened sold purple cloth. She was from the city of Thyatira. Her name was Lydia and she was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to hear what Paul said. ¹⁵ When she and her family had been baptized, she said to us, "If you think I am faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my house." She kept on asking. Then we went with her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bithynia: 1 Peter 1:1

Reciprocal: Luke 2:27 - by Acts 8:29 - General Acts 10:19 - the Spirit Acts 11:12 - the Spirit Acts 13:2 - the Holy Acts 16:6 - forbidden Romans 1:13 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 20:1
Abraham traveled from there to the land of the Negev, and made his home between Kadesh and Shur. Then he lived for a time in Gerar.

Genesis 21:17
But God heard the voice of the boy. Then the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said, "Why are you so troubled, Hagar? Do not be afraid. For God has heard the cry of the boy.

Genesis 22:11
But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, and said, "Abraham! Abraham!" And Abraham said, "Here I am."

Genesis 22:15
The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time.

Genesis 25:18
His people lived from Havilah as far as Shur, east of Egypt on the way toward Assyria. He lived away from all his brothers.

Genesis 31:11
Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,' and I said, ‘Here I am.'

Exodus 15:22
Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea. They went into the Desert of Shur. They went three days in the desert and found no water.

1 Samuel 15:7
Then Saul destroyed the Amalekites, from Havilah as far as Shur, east of Egypt.

Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, watching the bad and the good.

Gill's Notes on the 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 Thrace on the east, and by part of the river Danube on the north; inferior Mysia is bounded on the west with part of the river Ciaber and the Danube, on the south with part of Thrace, on the north with the turn of the river Tyra, and on the east with the Euxine Pontus; but this was the European Mysia: the Mysia which seems here intended, was divided into the lesser Mysia by the Hellespont, and had Troas on the south; and into the greater Mysia by Olympus, which was bounded on the west with the lesser Mysia and Troas, on the east with Bithynia, and on the south with Asia, properly so called. By Pliny b it is called Aeolis, and so Jerom says c, it was in his times; sometimes it is called Abretta and Abrettina, and of later years Thya, or Thyria: some suggest it has its name of Mysia from Mysus, the brother of Car d, the father of the Carions; but according to the Talmudists, it had its name from Meshech, the son of Japheth, Genesis 10:2 for they say e Meshech,

זו מוסיא, "this is Mysia"; Pliny observes f, that there are some authors who assert that the Mysians, Brygians, and Thynnians came out of Europe, from whom they are called Mysians, Phrygians, and Bithynians, in Asia. The inhabitants of Mysia were very despicable; hence the proverb, "ultimus Mysorum", "the last of the Mysians" g, is used for a very mean and contemptible person. The apostle was willing to preach to the wise and unwise, and disdained not to carry the Gospel to the meanest part of mankind.

They assayed to go into Bithynia; another country in Asia Minor; it makes one province with Pontus, and has the same boundaries; Pontus being at the east, and Bithynia at the west: it was bounded on the north with the Euxine sea, on the east with Galatia, on the south with Asia properly so called, and on the west with the Propontis; according to Pliny h it was called Cronia, afterwards Thessalis, then Maliande, (perhaps Mariandyne), and Strymonis; and Herodotus i reports, that the Thracians going into Asia were called Bithynians, who were first called (as they say) Strymonians, inhabiting Strymon; according to Jerom k, it was formerly called Bebrycia, then Mygdonia, and Phrygia Major, and by the river Iera, or, as Pliny calls it, Hieras, is divided from Galatia; to which agrees Solinus l who says it was before Bebrycia, afterwards Migdonia, and now Bithynia, from Bithynus the king; the king; though others say, it was so called from Bithyne, a daughter of Jupiter;

but the Spirit suffered them not; the Alexandrian copy, and Beza's most ancient copy, and some others, and the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions read, "the Spirit of Jesus": so that it was not an evil spirit, or Satan, that hindered them, who sometimes did; but they were under the direction and guidance of the divine Spirit, called, in the preceding verse, the Holy Ghost; however, the Gospel was preached here afterwards, and churches formed; of which

Genesis 10:2- :.

a Geograph. l. 3. c. 9, 10. b Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 30. c De locis Hebraicis, fol. 96. E. d Herodotus, l. 1. c. 171. e T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 10. 1. f Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 32. g Ciceron. Orat. 24. pro. L. Flacco, p. 785. h Ib. i Polymnia, c. 75. k De locis Hebraicis, fol. 95. L. l Polyhistor. c. 54.

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 attempted.

Into Bithynia - A province of Asia Minor lying east of Mysia.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 16:7. 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 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 τοπνευμα, the Spirit merely, το πνευμα ιησου, the Spirit of JESUS, is the reading of ABCDE, several others, with both the Syriac, the Coptic, AEthiopic, Armenian, Vulgate, Itala, and several of the fathers. The reading is undoubtedly genuine, and should be immediately restored to the text.