“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,”
Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia — the phrase kept by the Holy Spirit (kolyō to pneuma, forbidden by the Spirit) indicates divine redirection: the Spirit closed the door to Asia Minor's western province, redirecting the missionaries northward. This represents the Spirit's guidance through negative constraint, not merely positive leading.
Church Fathers on Acts 16:6
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, Acts 16:6 having left Phrygia and Galatia, they hastened into the interior. For, it says,
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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