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Paul’s Vision of the Macedonian

Acts 16:7

In 9 translations

BSB
And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.
KJV
After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
WEB
When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.
ASV
and when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;
LSV
having gone toward Mysia, they were trying to go on toward Bithynia, and the Spirit did not permit them,
YLT
having gone toward Mysia, they were trying to go on toward Bithynia, and the Spirit did not suffer them,
DBY
having come down to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;
DRC
And when they were come into Mysia, they attempted to go into Bythynia, and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not.
GNV
Then came they to Mysia, and sought to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read εἰς (“into”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read κατὰ (“by”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πορευθῆναι (“to go”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read πορεύεσθαι (“to go”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include Ἰησοῦ (“of Jesus”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include δὲ (“then”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (4)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: δὲ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δὲ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
  • SBLGNT: εἰς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εἰς; Robinson–Pierpont read κατὰ.
  • SBLGNT: πορευθῆναι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πορευθῆναι; Robinson–Pierpont read πορεύεσθαι.
  • SBLGNT: Ἰησοῦ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Ἰησοῦ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐλθόντες δὲ κατὰ τὴν Μυσίαν ἐπείραζον εἰς τὴν Βιθυνίαν πορευθῆναι καὶ οὐκ εἴασεν αὐτοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα Ἰησοῦ·
RP2018
ἐλθόντες κατὰ τὴν Μυσίαν ἐπείραζον κατὰ τὴν Βιθυνίαν πορεύεσθαι· καὶ οὐκ εἴασεν αὐτοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα·
TR-Boyd
ἐλθόντες κατὰ τὴν Μυσίαν ἐπείραζον κατὰ τὴν Βιθυνίαν πορεύεσθαι· καὶ οὐκ εἴασεν αὐτοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα·
SCR1894
ελθοντες κατα την μυσιαν επειραζον κατα την βιθυνιαν πορευεσθαι και ουκ ειασεν αυτους το πνευμα

Who and where

👤 Holy Spirit📍 Bithynia📍 Mysia◆ Second Missionary Journey◆ Mission to Phrygia, Galatia and Asia

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Philippians 1:19because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.
  • Galatians 4:6And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
  • Romans 8:9You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
  • Acts 8:29The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”
  • 1 Peter 1:11trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
  • 1 Peter 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

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