KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Acts 16:7–8
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Acts 16:7
7After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
7After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to goe into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
Acts 16:8
8And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
8And they passing by Mysia, came downe to Troas.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 16:7
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Attempted, tried, or undertook to do something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Borne; undergone; peri mitted; allowed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Acts 16:8
Moving, proceeding, or going through, by, over, or out.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 7
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Open the full verse study6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
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Open the full verse study19For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
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Open the full verse study29Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
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Open the full verse study9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
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Open the full verse study1PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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Open the full verse study11Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
From verse 8
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Open the full verse study12Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
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Open the full verse study13The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
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Open the full verse study11Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
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Open the full verse study5These going before tarried for us at Troas.
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