What was Paul's intended travel route after going to Troas?
After coming down to Choas (Troas), Paul intended to go into Macedonia. A night vision showed a man of Macedonia pleading, “Come over into Macedonia, and help us.” This redirected him from the earlier Bithynia route along the Black Sea, which the Holy Spirit had forbidden.
Les explains that Paul had been ministering in western Turkey, Asia Minor, and had earlier intended to go back to northern Turkey through the area around the Black Sea, into Bithynia, and then probably back to Antioch in Syria. But the Holy Spirit forbade preaching in Asia and did not permit them to go into Bithynia. Passing by Mysia, they came down to Choas, where Paul expected to meet Titus. That night a vision appeared to Paul: a man of Macedonia beseeched him, saying, “Come over into Macedonia, and help us.” So after Choas, the intended route was toward Macedonia.
Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
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Why were Paul and his companions forbidden by the Holy Spirit after going through Phrygia and Galatia?
When Paul and his companions had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, the Holy Spirit forbade them because God had something else in mind.