Acts 16:3-12 so, as Paul wished him to go abroad with him, he took and circumcised him on account of the local Jews, all of whom knew his father had been a Greek.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ so, as Paul wished him to go abroad with him, he took and circumcised him on account of the local Jews, all of whom knew his father had been a Greek. ⁴ As they travelled on from town to town, they handed over to the people the resolutions which the apostles and the presbyters in Jerusalem had decided were to be obeyed; ⁵ and the churches were strengthened in the faith and increased in numbers day by day. ⁶ They crossed Phrygia and the country of Galatia, the holy Spirit having stopped them from preaching the word in Asia; ⁷ when they got as far as Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them, ⁸ and so they passed Mysia by and went down to Troas. ⁹ A vision appeared to Paul by night, the vision of a Macedonian standing and appealing to him with the words, "Cross to Macedonia and help us." ¹⁰ As soon as he saw the vision, we made efforts to start for Macedonia, inferring that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. ¹¹ Setting sail then from Troas we ran straight to Samothrace and on the following day to Neapolis. ¹² We then came to the Roman colony of Philippi, which is the foremost town of the district of Macedonia. In this town we spent some days.