16:6 They went through the region of Phrygia 7 and Galatia, 8 having been prevented 9 by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message 10 in the province of Asia. 11
1 tn Grk “Whom God raised up.”
2 tn Or “having freed.”
3 sn The term translated pains is frequently used to describe pains associated with giving birth (see Rev 12:2). So there is irony here in the mixed metaphor.
4 tn Or “for him to be held by it” (in either case, “it” refers to death’s power).
5 tn Or “the favor.”
6 tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.
7 sn Phrygia was a district in central Asia Minor west of Pisidia.
8 sn Galatia refers to either (1) the region of the old kingdom of Galatia in the central part of Asia Minor (North Galatia), or (2) the Roman province of Galatia, whose principal cities in the 1st century were Ancyra and Pisidian Antioch (South Galatia). The exact extent and meaning of this area has been a subject of considerable controversy in modern NT studies.
9 tn Or “forbidden.”
10 tn Or “word.”
11 tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.