Acts 16:6
ContextNET © | They went through the region of Phrygia 1 and Galatia, 2 having been prevented 3 by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message 4 in the province of Asia. 5 |
NIV © | Paul and his companions travelled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. |
NASB © | They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia; |
NLT © | Next Paul and Silas traveled through the area of Phrygia and Galatia, because the Holy Spirit had told them not to go into the province of Asia at that time. |
MSG © | They went to Phrygia, and then on through the region of Galatia. Their plan was to turn west into Asia province, but the Holy Spirit blocked that route. |
BBE © | And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia; |
NRSV © | They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. |
NKJV © | Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia. |
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NET © | They went through the region of Phrygia 1 and Galatia, 2 having been prevented 3 by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message 4 in the province of Asia. 5 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn Phrygia was a district in central Asia Minor west of Pisidia. 2 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. 3 tn Or “forbidden.” 4 tn Or “word.” 5 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. |