And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
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.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 16:6-15
Paul and his company reached Mysia, a region whose people were despised as mean and contemptible, yet the apostle would not disdain to carry the Gospel even to them. The Spirit of Jesus forbade them to enter Bithynia, turning them instead toward Macedonia.
AI summary
Verse 7. Mysia. This was a province of Asia Minor, having Propontis on the north, Bithynia on the east, Lydia on the south, and the AEgean Sea on the west. They assayed. They endeavoured; they attempted. Into Bithynia. A province of Asia Minor, lying east of Mysia. (*) "assayed" "attempted"