Acts 16:4-6

16:4 As they went through the towns, ¹  they passed on ²  the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem ³  for the Gentile believers ⁴  to obey. ⁵  16:5 So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number every day. ⁶ 

Paul’s Vision of the Macedonian Man

16:6 They went through the region of Phrygia ⁷  and Galatia, ⁸  having been prevented ⁹  by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message ¹⁰  in the province of Asia. ¹¹ 

[16:4]  ¹ tn Or “cities.”

[16:4]  ² tn BDAG 762-63 s.v. παραδίδωμι 3 has “they handed down to them the decisions to observe Ac 16:4.”

[16:4]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:4]  ⁴ tn Grk “for them”; the referent (Gentile believers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:4]  ⁵ tn Or “observe” or “follow.”

[16:5]  ⁶ tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.

[16:6]  ⁷ sn Phrygia was a district in central Asia Minor west of Pisidia.

[16:6]  ⁸ sn Galatia refers to either (1) the region of the old kingdom of Galatia in the central part of Asia Minor (North Galatia), or (2) the Roman province of Galatia, whose principal cities in the 1st century were Ancyra and Pisidian Antioch (South Galatia). The exact extent and meaning of this area has been a subject of considerable controversy in modern NT studies.

[16:6]  ⁹ tn Or “forbidden.”

[16:6]  ¹⁰ tn Or “word.”

[16:6]  ¹¹ tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.