Focused Passage

Acts 16:6-10

The Gospel Enters Macedonia: Opened Hearts, Broken Chains, and Household Faith

Paul recruits Timothy, the Spirit redirects the missionary team to Macedonia, Lydia’s heart is opened to receive the gospel, a demonized slave girl is delivered, Paul and Silas are beaten and imprisoned, God shakes the prison, and the Philippian jailer and his household believe and are baptized.

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6 After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.

7 And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.

8 So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.

9 During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

10 As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

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References and Original Words

Verse 6

Original words

- ὑπὸ G5259 Preposition {After} the τοῦ G3588 Article - Genitive Neuter Singular Holy Ἁγίου G40 Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular Spirit Πνεύματος G4151 Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular had prevented them κωλυθέντες G2967 Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural from speaking λαλῆσαι G2980 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active the τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular word λόγον G3056 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular in ἐν G1722 Preposition - τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular [the province of] Asia Ἀσίᾳ G773 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular - δὲ G1161 Conjunction they traveled through Διῆλθον G1330 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural the τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular region χώραν G5561 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular of Phrygia Φρυγίαν G5435 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction Galatia Γαλατικὴν G1054 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular

BSB notes

  • Literally in Asia; Asia was a Roman province in what is now western Turkey.
Verse 7

Original words

And δὲ G1161 Conjunction when they came ἐλθόντες G2064 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural to the border of κατὰ G2596 Preposition - τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Mysia Μυσίαν G3465 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular they tried ἐπείραζον G3985 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural to enter πορευθῆναι G4198 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive . . . εἰς G1519 Preposition - τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Bithynia Βιθυνίαν G978 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular [but] καὶ G2532 Conjunction the τὸ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Singular Spirit Πνεῦμα G4151 Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular of Jesus Ἰησοῦ G2424 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular vvv οὐκ G3756 Adverb would not permit εἴασεν G1439 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular them αὐτοὺς G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Verse 8

Original words

[So] δὲ G1161 Conjunction they passed by παρελθόντες G3928 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural - τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Mysia Μυσίαν G3465 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular [and] went down κατέβησαν G2597 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural to εἰς G1519 Preposition Troas Τρῳάδα G5174 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 9

Original words

- Καὶ G2532 Conjunction During διὰ G1223 Preposition the τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular night νυκτὸς G3571 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular - τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Singular Paul Παύλῳ G3972 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular had ὤφθη G3708 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular a vision ὅραμα G3705 Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular of a τις G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular man ἀνὴρ G435 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular of Macedonia Μακεδών G3110 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular - ἦν G1510 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular standing ἑστὼς G2476 Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction pleading with παρακαλῶν G3870 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular him αὐτὸν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular - καὶ G2532 Conjunction - λέγων G3004 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Come over Διαβὰς G1224 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular to εἰς G1519 Preposition Macedonia Μακεδονίαν G3109 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular [and] help βοήθησον G997 Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular us ἡμῖν G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural
Verse 10

Original words

- δὲ G1161 Conjunction As soon as ὡς G5613 Adverb [Paul] had seen εἶδεν G3708 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular the τὸ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Singular vision ὅραμα G3705 Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular we got ready ἐζητήσαμεν G2212 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural - εὐθέως G2112 Adverb to leave ἐξελθεῖν G1831 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active for εἰς G1519 Preposition Macedonia Μακεδονίαν G3109 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular concluding συμβιβάζοντες G4822 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural that ὅτι G3754 Conjunction - G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular God Θεὸς G2316 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular had called προσκέκληται G4341 Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular us ἡμᾶς G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural to preach the gospel εὐαγγελίσασθαι G2097 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle to them αὐτούς G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural

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