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New Living Translation

Acts 16:8

So instead, they went on through Mysia to the seaport of Troas.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Mysia;   Paul;   Troas;   Thompson Chain Reference - Missions, World-Wide;   Troas;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Philippi;   Troas;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Asia;   Colossae;   Mark;   Mission;   Mysia;   Paul;   Peter, letters of;   Troas;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Mysia;   Paul;   Troas;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Acts of the Apostles;   Lycaonia;   Mysia;   Troas;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Mission(s);   Mysia;   Troas;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acts of the Apostles;   Chronology of the New Testament;   Galatians, Epistle to the;   Lydia;   Troas;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Galatia ;   Macedonia ;   Mysia ;   Roads and Travel;   Troas ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Mysia ;   Troas ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mysia;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lystra;   Mysia;   Philippi;   Troas;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mys'ia;   Tro'as,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Mysia;   Troas;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Galatians, Epistle to the;   Mysia;   Troas;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Passing by Mysia they went down to Troas.
King James Version (1611)
And they passing by Mysia, came downe to Troas.
King James Version
And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
English Standard Version
So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
New American Standard Bible
and passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
New Century Version
So they passed by Mysia and went to Troas.
Amplified Bible
so passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Legacy Standard Bible
and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Berean Standard Bible
So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.
Contemporary English Version
So they went on through Mysia until they came to Troas.
Complete Jewish Bible
So, after passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Darby Translation
and having passed by Mysia they descended to Troas.
Easy-to-Read Version
So they passed by Mysia and went to the city of Troas.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore they passed through Mysia, and came downe to Troas,
George Lamsa Translation
And when they had left Mys''ia, they came to the country of Tro''as.
Good News Translation
So they traveled right on through Mysia and went to Troas.
Lexham English Bible
So going through Mysia, they went down to Troas.
Literal Translation
And passing by Mysia, they came down into Troas.
American Standard Version
and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Bible in Basic English
And going past Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Hebrew Names Version
Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
International Standard Version
So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
AND when they had gone forth from Mysia they came to the region of Troas.
Murdock Translation
And when they departed from Mysia, they came down to the region of Troas.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they passyng through Mysia, came downe to Troada.
English Revised Version
and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
World English Bible
Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas. And a vision appeared to Paul by night:
Weymouth's New Testament
So, passing along Mysia, they came to Troas.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But whanne thei hadden passid bi Mysie, thei camen doun to Troade;
Update Bible Version
and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they, passing by Mysia, came down to Troas.
New English Translation
so they passed through Mysia and went down to Troas.
New King James Version
So passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
New Life Bible
From Mysia they went down to the city of Troas.
New Revised Standard
so, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, passing by Mysia, they came down unto Troas.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they had passed through Mysia, they went down to Troas.
Revised Standard Version
so, passing by My'sia, they went down to Tro'as.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then they went over Misia and cam doune to Troada.
Young's Literal Translation
and having passed by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles whan they had passed thorow Mysia, they came downe to Troada,
Mace New Testament (1729)
and came to Troas.
Simplified Cowboy Version
With all their ways seemingly blocked, they headed west to the port at Troas.

Contextual Overview

6 Next Paul and Silas traveled through the area of Phrygia and Galatia, because the Holy Spirit had prevented them from preaching the word in the province of Asia at that time. 7 Then coming to the borders of Mysia, they headed north for the province of Bithynia, but again the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to go there. 8 So instead, they went on through Mysia to the seaport of Troas. 9 That night Paul had a vision: A man from Macedonia in northern Greece was standing there, pleading with him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us!" 10 So we decided to leave for Macedonia at once, having concluded that God was calling us to preach the Good News there. 11 We boarded a boat at Troas and sailed straight across to the island of Samothrace, and the next day we landed at Neapolis. 12 From there we reached Philippi, a major city of that district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. And we stayed there several days. 13 On the Sabbath we went a little way outside the city to a riverbank, where we thought people would be meeting for prayer, and we sat down to speak with some women who had gathered there. 14 One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth, who worshiped God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying. 15 She and her household were baptized, and she asked us to be her guests. "If you agree that I am a true believer in the Lord," she said, "come and stay at my home." And she urged us until we agreed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Troas: Acts 16:11, Acts 20:5, 2 Corinthians 2:12, 2 Timothy 4:13

Cross-References

Genesis 3:9
Then the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?"
Genesis 4:10
But the Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!
Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.
Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "The Lord has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her." And Abram agreed with Sarai's proposal.
Genesis 16:4
So Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress, Sarai, with contempt.
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she's pregnant she treats me with contempt. The Lord will show who's wrong—you or me!"
Genesis 16:8
The angel said to her, "Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?" "I'm running away from my mistress, Sarai," she replied.
1 Samuel 26:19
But now let my lord the king listen to his servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, then let him accept my offering. But if this is simply a human scheme, then may those involved be cursed by the Lord . For they have driven me from my home, so I can no longer live among the Lord 's people, and they have said, ‘Go, worship pagan gods.'
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If your boss is angry at you, don't quit! A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 m, is bordered on the north part of Galatia, and was near to Lycaonia, Pisidia, and Mygdonia on the south, and to Lydia on the east, and to Mysia and Caria on the north: or rather the city of Troas, which Pliny says n, was formerly called Antigonia, now Alexandria, a colony of the Romans. Antigonus king of Asia called it Troas at first, because it was in the country, and near where Troy stood, but afterwards he called it, according to his own name, Antigonia; but Lysimachus king of Thrace having got this city into his hands, repaired it, and called it after the name of Alexander, Alexandria; and to distinguish it from Alexandria in Egypt, and other cities of the same name in other places, it was called Alexandria Troas.

m lb. c. 53. n Hist. Nat. l. 5. c. 30.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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, the province where the ancient city of Troy had stood. This region was much celebrated in the early periods of Grecian history. It was here that the events recorded in the Iliad of Homer are supposed to have occurred. The city of Troy has long since been completely destroyed. Troas is several times mentioned in the New Testament, 2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13; Acts 20:5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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, and from whom it was called Dardania; from Tros, his grandson, it was called Troja, or Troy; and from his son, Ilus, it was called Ilium. It has been long so completely destroyed that no ascertainable vestige of it remains; insomuch that some have even doubted of its existence. Those who contend for the reality of the history of Troy suppose it to have stood on the site of the modern village Bounarbachi, about twelve miles from the sea, on an eminence, at the termination of a spacious plain.


 
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