Acts 16 · Verse 7

Acts 16:7

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

Acts 16:7 in other translations

BSBAnd when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.
WEBWhen they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.
ASVand when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;
YLThaving gone toward Mysia, they were trying to go on toward Bithynia, and the Spirit did not suffer them,
DARBYhaving come down to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;
BBEAnd having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;
WebsterAfter they had come to Mysia, they essayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

What does Acts 16:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 16:6-8

Ac 16:6-12. They Break New Ground in Phrygia and Galatia--Their Course in That Direction Being Mysteriously Hedged Up, They Travel Westward to Troas, Where They Are Divinely Directed to Macedonia--The Historian Himself Here Joining the Missionary Party, They Embark for Neapolis, and Reach Philippi. 6-8. Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia--proceeding in a northwesterly direction. At…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 7. 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 endeavoured; they attempted.

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

(*) "assayed" "attempted"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 το πνευμα, the Spirit merely, το πνευμα Ιησου, the Spirit of Jesus, is the reading of ABCDE, several others, with both the Syriac, the Coptic, Ethiopic, Armenian, Vulgate, Itala, and several of the fathers. The reading is undoubtedly genuine, and should be immediately restored to the text.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 16:6-15

The removals of ministers, and the dispensing the means of grace by them, are in particular under Divine conduct and direction. We must follow Providence: and whatever we seek to do, if that suffer us not, we ought to submit and believe to be for the best. People greatly need help for their souls, it is their duty to look out for it, and to invite those among them who can help them. And God's calls must be complied…

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Acts 16:7 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐλθόντεςelthonteshaving comeG2064
κατὰkatadown toG2596
τὴνtēn<the>G3588
ΜυσίανMusianMysiaG3465
ἐπείραζονepeirazonthey were attemptingG3985
εἰςeisintoG1519
τὴνtēn<the>G3588
ΒιθυνίανBithunianBithyniaG978
πορευθῆναι,poreuthēnaito go,G4198
καὶkaiandG2532
οὐκouknotG3756
εἴασενeiasendid allowG1439
αὐτοὺςautousthemG846
τὸtotheG3588
πνεῦμαpneumaSpiritG4151
Ἰησοῦ.Iēsouof Jesus.G2424

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 16:7

  • Philippians 1:19

    For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

  • Galatians 4:6

    And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

  • Romans 8:9

    But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

  • Acts 8:29

    Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

  • 1 Peter 1:1

    Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

  • 1 Peter 1:11

    Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Bithynia.
1Pe 1:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Acts 16:6

    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,

  • Acts 16:7

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

  • Acts 16:8

    And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.

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Acts 16:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y como vinieron á Misia, tentaron de ir á Bithynia; mas el Espíritu no les dejó.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et étant venus jusqu’en Mysie, ils essayèrent de se rendre en Bithynie, mais l’Esprit de Jésus ne le leur permit pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		als sie aber gegen Mysien hin kamen, versuchten sie nach Bithynien zu reisen, und der Geist Jesu erlaubte es ihnen nicht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cum venissent autem in Mysiam, tentabant ire in Bithyniam: et non permisit eos Spiritus Jesu.