Mysia was a region in northwest Asia Minor (modern Turkey) that Paul and his companions passed through on his second missionary journey.
Mysia was a region in the northwest of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), bordering the Aegean Sea. It is mentioned in the New Testament in connection with Paul's second missionary journey (Act.16.7-8). Paul and his companions, including Silas and Timothy, had traveled throughout Phrygia and Galatia, but were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach in Asia. When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them. So, they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas, where Paul received a vision of a man from Macedonia asking for help, leading them to cross over to Europe.
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A province in the north-west of Asia Minor. On his first voyage to Europe (Acts 16:7, 8) Paul passed through this province and embarked at its chief port Troas.
(land of beech trees) (Acts 16:7,8) was the region about the frontier of the provinces of Asia and Bithynia. The term is evidently used in an ethnological, not a political, sense.
MY'SIA (beech region ?), a province in the north-western angle of Asia Minor, and separated from Europe by the Propontis and the Hellespont, having Lydia on the south, Bithynia on the east, and including the Troad. Mysia was anciently celebrated for its fertility, and it is at this day a beautiful and fertile country, but poorly tilled. Acts 16:7-8; Acts 20:5.
MY'SIA (beech region ?), a province in the north-western angle of Asia Minor, and separated from Europe by the Propontis and the Hellespont, having Lydia on the south, Bithynia on the east, and including the Troad. Mysia was anciently celebrated for its fertility, and it is at this day a beautiful and fertile country, but poorly tilled. Acts 16:7-8; Acts 20:5.
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2 verses in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s G3465
And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.
So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.
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