Acts 16:5-10

5 So ¹the churches were being strengthened in the faith, and were ²increasing in number daily *.

6 They passed through the ³Phrygian and ⁴Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in ⁵Asia;

7 and after they came to ⁶Mysia, they were trying to go into ⁷Bithynia, and the ⁸Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;

8 and passing by ⁹Mysia, they came down to ¹⁰Troas.

9 ¹¹A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of ¹²Macedonia was standing and appealing to him, and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."

10 When he had seen ¹³the vision, immediately ¹⁴we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to ¹⁵preach the gospel to them.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 9:31
• 2. Acts 2:47
• 3. Acts 2:10; Acts 18:23
• 4. Acts 18:23; 1 Corinthians 16:1; Galatians 1:2; Galatians 3:1; 2 Timothy 4:10; 1 Peter 1:1
• 5. Acts 2:9
• 6. Acts 16:8
• 7. 1 Peter 1:1
• 8. Luke 24:49; Acts 8:29; Romans 8:9; Galatians 4:6; Philippians 1:19; 1 Peter 1:11
• 9. Acts 16:7
• 10. Acts 16:11; Acts 20:5; 2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13
• 11. Acts 9:10
• 12. Acts 16:10, 12; Acts 18:5; Acts 19:21f, 29; Acts 20:1, 3; Acts 27:2; Romans 15:26
• 13. Acts 9:10
• 14. [we] Acts 16:10-17; Acts 20:5-15; Acts 21:1-18; Acts 27:1-28:16
• 15. Acts 14:7

Footnotes

• [a] Or "in faith"
• [b] Or "Phrygia and the Galatian region"
• [c] I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
• [d] Lit "go out"