Acts 16:8
in Acts 16So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.
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ASV
and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
KJV
And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
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This verse in Acts 16
Commentary
8 notes on this verseAnd they passed by Mysia,.... Without stopping or staying there, though they came to it: came down to Troas; either the country of Troas, as the Syriac version renders it; which, according to Solinus (m), is bordered on the north part of Galatia, and was near to Lycaonia, Pisidia, and Mygdonia on the south, and to Lydia on the east, and to Mysia and Caria on the north: or rather the city of Troas, which Pliny says (n), was formerly called Antigonia, now Alexandria, a colony of the Romans.
This site's exposition
the Holy Spirit had prevented them
on Acts 16:6-8
The Holy Spirit prevented them from speaking the word in Asia, and at Mysia the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them to enter Bithynia. Two doors shut in as many verses bring them down to Troas, where the guidance turns positive.
This site's exposition
passed by Mysia and went down to Troas
Alexandria Troas was a Roman colony near old Troy and the usual port for the crossing to Macedonia. Paul comes back to Troas at 20:6, and 2 Corinthians 2:12 records an open door for him there. The road ran out at the sea.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
They were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, etc., up to Passing into Macedonia, help us. Truly the Lord is terrible in counsel above the sons of men. One promises to follow the Master in everything and is not allowed; …
The Nineteenth Century4 voices
Came down to Troas - The Troad, or part of Phrygia Minor in which the celebrated city of Troy was formerly situated. This city was first built by Dardanus, who was its king, and from whom it was called Dardania; from Tros, his grandson, it was called Troja, or Troy; and from his son, Ilus, it was called Ilium. It has been long so completely destroyed that no ascertainable vestige of it remains; insomuch that some have even doubted of its existence.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
At this time must have been formed "the churches of Galatia" (Ga 1:2; 1Co 16:1); founded, as we learn from the Epistle to the Galatians (particularly Ga 4:19), by the apostle Paul, and which were already in existence when he was on his third missionary journey, as we learn from Ac 18:23, where it appears that he was no less successful in Phrygia.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This visional Macedonian discovered himself by what he said. But it was a cry not of conscious desire for the Gospel, but of deep need of it and unconscious preparedness to receive it, not only in that region, but, we may well say, throughout all that western empire which Macedonia might be said to represent.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Came down to Troas - This was a city of Phrygia or Mysia, on the Hellespont, between Troy north, and Assos south. Sometimes the name Troas or Troad, is used to denote the whole country of the Trojans, the province where the ancient city of Troy had stood. This region was much celebrated in the early periods of Grecian history. It was here that the events recorded in the Iliad of Homer are supposed to have occurred. The city of Troy has long since been completely destroyed. Troas is several times mentioned in the New Testament, 2Co 2:12; 2Ti 4:13; Act 20:5.
The words behind it
7 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| παρελθόντες | parelthontes | having passed by | G3928 → | |
| δὲ | de | then | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| τὴν | ten | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Μυσίαν | musian | Mysia | G3465 → | |
| κατέβησαν | katebesan | they came down | G2597 → | 81 times |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| Τρῳάδα. | troada | Troas. | G5174 → | 6 times |
παρελθόντεςhaving passed by
parelthontesG3928 →
δὲthen
deG1161 →2765 times
τὴν<the>
tenG3588 →19766 times
ΜυσίανMysia
musianG3465 →
κατέβησανthey came down
katebesanG2597 →81 times
εἰςto
eisG1519 →1755 times
Τρῳάδα.Troas.
troadaG5174 →6 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Corinthians 2:12Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
it leads to
- Acts 14:27
When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
- Colossians 4:3
as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
- 1 Corinthians 16:9
because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.
- Revelation 3:7–8
To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut,…
- Acts 14:27
Through
2 Timothy 4:13When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:27
in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
- 1 Corinthians 4:11
To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
- Acts 16:11
We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
- 2 Corinthians 11:27
Through
Acts 16:11We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
it leads to
- Acts 21:1
After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
- Acts 21:1
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on Acts; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Acts; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and W. M. Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen.