Acts 16:7

16:7 When they came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to do this,

Acts 16:10

16:10 After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

Acts 9:26

Saul Returns to Jerusalem

9:26 When he arrived in Jerusalem, 10  he attempted to associate 11  with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe 12  that he was a disciple.


tn BDAG 511 s.v. κατά B.1.b has “to Mysia” here.

sn Mysia was a province in northwest Asia Minor.

sn Bithynia was a province in northern Asia Minor northeast of Mysia.

tn Or “permit”; see BDAG 269 s.v. ἐάω 1.

tn The words “do this” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons, since English handles ellipses differently than Greek.

tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Grk “sought.”

sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

tn Or “summoned.”

10 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

11 tn Or “join.”

12 tn The participle πιστεύοντες (pisteuonte") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.