Acts 16:7

16:7 When they came to ¹  Mysia, ²  they attempted to go into Bithynia, ³  but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow ⁴  them to do this, ⁵ 

Acts 16:9-10

16:9 A ⁶  vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there ⁷  urging him, ⁸  “Come over ⁹  to Macedonia ¹⁰  and help us!” 16:10 After Paul ¹¹  saw the vision, we attempted ¹²  immediately to go over to Macedonia, ¹³  concluding that God had called ¹⁴  us to proclaim the good news to them.

¹ tn BDAG 511 s.v. κατά B.1.b has “to Mysia” here.

² sn Mysia was a province in northwest Asia Minor.

³ sn Bithynia was a province in northern Asia Minor northeast of Mysia.

⁴ tn Or “permit”; see BDAG 269 s.v. ἐάω 1.

⁵ tn The words “do this” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons, since English handles ellipses differently than Greek.

⁶ tn Grk “And a.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

⁷ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

⁸ tn The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

⁹ tn Grk “Coming over.” The participle διαβάς (diabas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹⁰ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

¹¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Grk “sought.”

¹³ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

¹⁴ tn Or “summoned.”