Act 16:6 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Acts 16:6-10: 16:6-10 God directed the missionaries’ travels: The Holy Spirit had prevented them from proceeding westward into the province of Asia, the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to go north to Bithynia , and then Paul had a vision calling them to go northwest over the Aegean Sea to Macedonia . God’s Spirit guided his servants in Acts in a variety of ways, including divine visions (see also 9:10 ; 10:9-16 ; 22:18 ), direct intuition (cp. 8:29 , 39 ; 10:19 ; 20:22 ), counsel with other believers (cp. 15:29 ), guidance through prayer (13:2 , 4 ), insight through Scripture (28:25-27 ), and prophecy (11:28 ). Guidance by the indwelling Holy Spirit helped them to accomplish their mission to be Christ’s witnesses (1:8 ; see also 4:8 , 31 ; 11:24 ; 13:9 ).

Summary for Acts 16:6-10: 16:6-10 ^a God directed the missionaries’ travels: The Holy Spirit had prevented them from proceeding westward into the province of Asia, the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to go north to Bithynia, and then Paul had a vision calling them to go northwest over the Aegean Sea to Macedonia. God’s Spirit guided his servants in Acts in a variety of ways, including divine visions (see also 9:10 ^b; 10:9-16 ^c; 22:18 ^d), direct intuition (cp. 8:29 ^e, 39 ^f; 10:19 ^g; 20:22 ^h), counsel with other believers (cp. 15:29 ⁱ), guidance through prayer (13:2 ^j, 4 ^k), insight through Scripture (28:25-27 ^l), and prophecy (11:28 ^m). Guidance by the indwelling Holy Spirit helped them to accomplish their mission to be Christ’s witnesses (1:8 ⁿ; see also 4:8 ^o, 31 ^p; 11:24 ^q; 13:9 ^r).