Act 16:6 | NET2full | STEP | They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia , having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in the province of Asia .

‏ Acts 16:6

Paul’s Vision of the Macedonian Man

6 They went through the region of Phrygia ^{▼▼sn Phrygia was a district in central Asia Minor west of Pisidia.} and Galatia, ^{▼▼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.} having been prevented ^{▼▼tn Or “forbidden.”} by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message ^{▼▼tn Or “word.”} in the province of Asia. ^{▼▼tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia. The Roman province of Asia made up about one-third of modern Asia Minor and was on the western side of it. 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.}