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Day after day the churches grew stronger in faith and increased in number.

Through Asia Minor. They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory because they had been prevented by the holy Spirit from preaching the message in the province of Asia. When they came to Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus[a] did not allow them,

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Footnotes

  1. 16:7 The Spirit of Jesus: this is an unusual formulation in Luke’s writings. The parallelism with Acts 16:6 indicates its meaning, the holy Spirit.

So the churches were strengthened(A) in the faith and grew daily in numbers.(B)

Paul’s Vision of the Man of Macedonia

Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia(C) and Galatia,(D) having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.(E) When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus(F) would not allow them to.

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