Acts 16:7
After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
KJV
ἐλθόντες δὲ κατὰ τὴν Μυσίαν ἐπείραζον εἰς τὴν Βιθυνίαν πορευθῆναι, καὶ οὐκ εἴασεν αὐτοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα Ἰησοῦ·
Greek NT
Cum venissent autem in Mysiam, tentabant ire in Bithyniam : et non permisit eos Spiritus Jesu.
Vulgate
and when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;
ASV
And when they were come into Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia: and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- δὲ — SBLGNT
- δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εἰς — SBLGNT
- εἰς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- κατὰ — Robinson-Pierpont
- πορευθῆναι — SBLGNT
- πορευθῆναι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- πορεύεσθαι — Robinson-Pierpont
- Ἰησοῦ — SBLGNT
- Ἰησοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
In the Old Testament, God revealed this secret of his will to a small number; in the New Testament (now that the distinction between peoples has been removed) he discloses it to a large number. The reason for this difference must not be ascribed to the greater worth of one nation over another, or to a better use of the light of nature, but to the free good pleasure and undeserv…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 1:1 — Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
- 1Pet 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.
- Acts 8:29 — Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
- 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,
- Gal 4:6 — And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
- Phil 1:19 — For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
- Phil 1:19 — For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
- Rom 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.