Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 16:8
Either the relics of the famous city of Troy, or the country thereabouts, in which the city of Antigonia was built.
Either the relics of the famous city of Troy, or the country thereabouts, in which the city of Antigonia was built.
ACTS 16:8 parelqo,ntej The Western reading, “passing through Mysia” (dielqo,ntej, D itgig vg syrh, instead of parelqo,ntej), is distinctly the easier reading, for the ordinary sense of parelqei/n, “t...
Verse Acts 16:8. _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,...
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,...
CHAPTER 16 _ 1. In Derbe and Lystra again. Timotheus (Acts 16:1)._ 2. The Preaching forbidden in Asia (Acts 16:6). 3. The Vision of the Man from Macedonia (Acts 16:9). 4. The Gospel in Europe ...
JOURNEY THROUGH ASIA MINOR TO MACEDONIA. Here we come to the Travel-document, which is followed henceforward. It was till recently the custom to speak of the We-Passages, which are found in Acts 16:10...
A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
They went through the Phrygian and Galatian territory, but they were prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia. When they had gone through Mysia they tried to go into Bithynia.; and...
TROAS. Alexandreia Troas, the port on the coast of Mysia, about thirty miles south of the Dardanelles. Now _Eski stamboul._...
_And they passing by Mysia_ i.e. without preaching in that district, which was a part of Proconsular Asia, where they were not permitted to preach. _came down to Troas_ The well-known seaport on the...
ΠΑΡΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ ΔῈ ΤῊΝ ΜΥΣΊΑΝ, _and having passed by Mysia_, i.e. without preaching there. Mysia was a district of Proconsular Asia, where they were forbidden, by the Spirit, to preach. ΕἸΣ ΤΡΩΆΔΑ, _to T...
Acts 16:1-12. PAUL REVISITS DERBE AND LYSTRA, CHOOSES TIMOTHY FOR A COMPANION IN HIS MISSION, AND CIRCUMCISES HIM. THEY PASS THROUGH PHRYGIA AND GALATIA, AND COME INTO MYSIA AND TO TROAS. BY A VISION...
_THE CALL PAUL RECEIVED TO COME TO MACEDONIA ACTS 16:6-12:_ The Holy Spirit did not allow the missionaries to go to Asia, or to Bithynia. God had chosen to send His servants to Macedonia. The gospel w...
ΠΑΡΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΠΑΡΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G206) проходить мимо, ΚΑΤΈΒΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G2597) спускаться. Путь из Мисии в Троаду неясен (W. P. Bowers, "Paul's Route throu...
WHILE IN THE ABOVE STATED REGIONS THEY WERE FORBIDDEN BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SPEAK THE WORD IN ASIA. THEY PASSED THROUGH THE PRO-VINCE OF MYSIA AND ASSAYED TO GO INTO THE PROVINCE OF BITHYNIA BUT THEY...
See notes on verse 6...
And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. AND THEY PASSING BY MYSIA, [ Parelthontes (G3928)] - or 'going through' it without stopping, CAME DOWN TO TROAS - a city on the northeast coast of th...
40 Silas was almost necessary as a companion for Paul. The decrees provided that they should be delivered by both Barnabas and Paul, while Judas and Silas were to confirm them by word of mouth. Now th...
ST. PAUL IN EUROPE 1. Timotheus] was probably of Lystra, not Derbe. His mother Eunice was perhaps a widow, and she, together with his grandmother Lois, educated the lad in the religion of Israel, tho...
Journey into Europe, Philippi. 6. RV 'And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia.' At Lystra (Acts 16:6) they received a...
AND THEY PASSING BY MYSIA (i.e. passing through it without preaching) CAME DOWN TO TROAS] Troas, the chief port of Mysia, was made a Roman colony by Augustus, and received many privileges, because of...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 16 TIMOTHY WORKS WITH PAUL AND SILAS, 16:1-5 V1 Paul went to Derbe and then he went to Lystra. A *Christian called Timothy lived there. Timothy...
CAME DOWN TO TROAS. — Their travels had at last led them to the coast, and they looked out upon the waters of the Ægean. The town of Alexandria Troas, at this time reckoned as a Roman colony and a fre...
CHAPTER 11 APOSTOLIC QUARRELS AND THE SECOND TOUR. Acts 15:36; Acts 15:39; Acts 16:6; Acts 16:8 THE second missionary tour of St. Paul now claims ou
παρελθόντες : “passing by Mysia”. Ramsay renders “neglecting Mysia,” _cf. St. Paul_, pp. 194, 196, 197, _i.e._, passing through it without preaching. McGiffert, p. 235, so Wendt (1899), following Rams...
GUIDED TO NEW FIELDS Acts 16:1 Paul had a wonderful influence over young men. Timothy, Titus, and Mark bore his impress. When circumcision was insisted upon, as in the previous chapter, no one oppose...
Here begins the account of Pads second journey. At Lystra he found Timothy. His action in the circumcision of Timothy is startling in view of the recent decision of the council. Some charge him with i...
The Macedonian Call Just west of the cities in south Galatia was the Roman province of Asia. At this time, Luke says Paul was forbidden by the Holy Spirit to enter that region to teach. This might hav...
Mysia borders the Aegean Sea, lying between Asia and Europe, Troas, the capital on the sea-shore, occupying the site of old Troy, so memorable in Homer's “Iliad.”...
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, (7) After they were come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithy...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
There is perhaps no example of this more remarkable than that which Paul does with regard to Timothy. He uses circumcision in all liberty to set aside Jewish prejudice. It is very doubtful whether, ac...
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...
And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. Ver. 8. _Came down to Troas_] The relics of old Troy, called also Antigonia and Alexandria, as Pliny testifieth....
_Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia_ Greek, διελθοντες δε την Φρυγιαν, και την Γαλατικην χωραν, _having passed through Phrygia and the Galatian country_, and spoken there what was sufficient, a...
TROAS; a city near the site of ancient Troy, on the north part of the Aegean sea, which separates Asia Minor from Europe....
Through Asia Minor to Troas:...
AND THEY, PASSING BY MYSIA, CAME DOWN TO TROAS. The zeal of Paul knew neither weariness nor rest; he was ever active for his Lord. As he traveled through the cities where congregations had been founde...
Coming to Derbe and Lystra, where he and Barnabas had been persecuted before, Paul was favorably impressed with the young man, Timothy, who had evidently been converted through Paul on his first visit...
SO PASSING BY MYSIA, THEY CAME DOWN TO TROAS. 1. Prevented from heading north, they headed west. They came to the seacoast town of Troas. 2. Troas is the city (and region) of the Greek Trojans. 3....
"and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas" "Having found the southwesterly and northerly roads obstructed, the only direction left open to them was north-west. So they went 'through' Mysia or pas...
6-15 The removals of ministers, and the dispensing the means of grace by them, are in particular under Divine conduct and direction. We must follow Providence: and whatever we seek to do, if that suf...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III For he says that when Barnabas, and John who was called Mark, had parted company from Paul, and sailed to Cyprus, "we came to Troas; "[232]...
Acts 16:8 So G1161 by G3928 (G5631) Mysia G3465 down G2597 (G5627) to G1519 Troas G5174 Troas -...
THE MISSION TO EUROPE (16:6-19:20). Paul's plans now seemed to begin to go awry. All doors seemed to be closing to him as in one way or another he was first hindered from going one way, and then anoth...
PAUL IS GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT TO EUROPE AND ARRIVES IN PHILIPPI (16:6-12). ‘And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,...
Acts 16:8. TROAS. This famous place bearing the name of the ancient Troy was a seaport on the Hellespont, situated some four or five miles from the supposed site of the ancient city. It was built and...
Acts 16:6-8. NOW WHEN THEY HAD GONE THROUGHOUT PHRYGIA. Phrygia denoted at this time broken portions of a territory under the jurisdiction of three or four distinct governors. It roughly represented t...
PASSING BY MYSIA (παρελθοντες την Μυσιαν). Literally, passing alongside or skirting Mysia, neglecting it without preaching there. Strictly they passed through part of it to reach Troas.TO TROAS (ε...
CONTENTS: Paul finds Timothy. Paul's Macedonian vision. The first convert in Europe. Demons cast out of a damsel. Paul and Silas beaten. Conversion of the Philippian jailer. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy S...
Acts 16:1. _Then came he to Lystra,_ as in Acts 14:6. In their former labours in that city, Lois a jewess, her daughter Eunice, and Timothy her son, had embraced the faith. Now, they found Timothy gro...
THROUGH THE REGION OF PHRYGIA AND GALATIA. _McClintock and Strong's Cyclopedia_ says the Province of Phrygia did not yet exist, but the name referred to the area south of Galatia. IN THE PROVINCE OF A...
_Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia._ PAUL’S FIRST VISIT TO GALATIA, A.D. 51 OR 52 The form of the Greek expression implies that Phrygia and Galatia are not to be reg...
_And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas and a vision appeared to Paul in the night._ PAUL’S VISION AT TROAS I. Its benevolence. What is the gospel? Help for man. It helps man-- 1. To know God...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:8 TROAS was an Aegean port 14 miles (23 km) south of ancient Troy. It was the primary Asian harbor for ships destined for Macedonia. ⇐
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 16:6. PHRYGIA AND THE REGION OF GALATIA should probably be, _the Phrygian and Galatian region_; but whether one or two distinct districts is intended is presently under debate....
EXPOSITION ACTS 16:1 _And he came also _for _then came he, _A.V._ _and T.R.; _to Lystra _for _Lystra, _A.V._; Timothy _for _Timotheus, _A.V._; of a Jewess _for _of a certain woman which was a Jewess,...
We remember at the end of our study last week there arose a contention between Paul and Barnabas who had been close companions on the first missionary venture of the church. But because Barnabas was i...
2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13; Acts 16:11; Acts 20:5...
Passing by Mysia. Not avoiding, since they could not reach Troas without traversing it; but omitting it as a preaching - place. Came down. From the highlands to the coast....
These words are. relation of. message from heaven unto St. Paul, to direct him in his preaching and publishing of the gospel, both as to the place where, and as to the persons to whom, he was to deliv...