Acts 16:3-12

³Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

⁴And as they were going through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, which had been decided by the apostles and the elders at Jerusalem.

⁵Therefore the churches were strengthened in the faith, and were growing in number each day.

⁶Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the Galatian region, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia.

⁷And having come to Mysia they attempted to go to Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.

⁸So they bypassed Mysia, and went down to Troas.

⁹And a vision appeared during the night to Paul. A certain man of Macedonia was standing, urging him, and saying, “Come across to Macedonia and help us.”

¹⁰Now when he saw the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.

¹¹Therefore, putting to sea from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day came to Neapolis,

¹²and from there to Philippi, which is chief of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were spending some days in that very city.