So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis,
The Lord deliberately hemmed in His servants to test their faith sharply. Paul and his companions crossed the sea in haste, expecting eager crowds, yet found almost no one, a single foreign woman became his only convert. Any man would have called this journey foolish, but God works His power through base and weak means, and the kingdom of Christ must begin in the humility of the cross. Mark their constancy: undismayed by such poor beginnings, they pressed forward.
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The Spirit forbade preaching in Asia for good reason: other hands were at work there, the people were not yet prepared, or Christ had other work for Paul, preaching the gospel to Romans, whom the Jews hated most. This westward turn of the light shows where the gospel would flow in ages to come.
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Commenting on Acts 16:6-15
Therefore loosing from Troas,.... Or setting sail from thence, which, as before observed, was the Hellespont; which was a narrow sea that divided Asia from Europe, now called Stretto di Gallipoii, or Bracci di St. Georgio: and so Pliny (q) speaking of Troas says, it lies near the Hellespont; and Jerom (r) calls it a maritime city of Asia; and it further appears to be...