Acts 16:8 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 16:8

So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.

BSB

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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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Commentary

5 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And 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.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Bede

Commentary on Acts (735)

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 Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
παρελθόντες	parelthontes	having passed by	G3928 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
Μυσίαν	Musian	Mysia	G3465 →
κατέβησαν	katebēsan	they came down	G2597 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Τρῳάδα.	Trōada	Troas.	G5174 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 2:12
Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
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,…
Through
2 Timothy 4:13
When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.
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.
Through
Acts 16:11
We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
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.

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06About Acts

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Where the connections lead

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About Acts