Acts 16:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And Paul and Silas passed through the territory of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the Word in [the province of] Asia.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;

Common English Bible

⁶ Paul and his companions traveled throughout the regions of Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit kept them from speaking the word in the province of Asia.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Then, while crossing through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the Word in Asia.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And when they had passed through Phrygia, and the country of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia.

Acts 16:6 Cross References

Isaiah 30:21

And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

Luke 1:2

just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,

Acts 10:19

While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Look, three men are searching for you.

Acts 11:12

The Spirit told me to go with them and not to make a distinction between them and us. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house.

Acts 16:7

When they had come opposite Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

Acts 18:23

After spending some time there he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

Acts 19:10

This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

Acts 20:16

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; he was eager to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

Acts 20:4

He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Beroea, by Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, by Gaius from Derbe, and by Timothy, as well as by Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.

Acts 21:27

When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, who had seen him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd. They seized him,

Acts 6:9

Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and others of those from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

Acts 8:29

Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to this chariot and join it.”

Romans 16:5

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:11

All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.

1 Corinthians 16:1

Now concerning the collection for the saints: you should follow the directions I gave to the churches of Galatia.

1 Corinthians 16:19

The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, greet you warmly in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 1:8

We do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, of the affliction we experienced in Asia, for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself.

Galatians 1:2

and all the brothers and sisters with me, To the churches of Galatia:

Galatians 3:1

You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified!

2 Timothy 1:15

You are aware that all who are in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance, and he set out, not knowing where he was going.

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

Revelation 1:11

saying, “Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:4

John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,