Acts 16:8

"and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas" "Having found the southwesterly and northerly roads obstructed, the only direction left open to them was north-west. So they went 'through' Mysia or passed by it, which could mean either that they neglected it, in the sense that they did not stop to evangelize there, or that they skirted it because there was no main road straight through its territory to the coast" (Stott p. 260). "Came down" "Suggests they have come down out of the highlands to the seacoast" (Reese p. 571). Here Paul meets the barrier of the Aegean Sea. "Troas" (TROW as). "Whose full name was Alexandria Troas was founded at the end of the 4th century BC It was. regular port of call for vessels journeying between Asia and Macedonia" (Bruce p. 327). "The city bears the name of ancient Troy (the city of Trojan horse fame), but it actually was about four (some say ten) miles south of the site of that famous town" (Reese p. 570). Before we move on let us learn. valuable lesson from this section.. lack of opportunity or. closed opportunity may simply be an open opportunity next year or an open door for another Christian, and. closed opportunity may be telling us that God wants us to be teaching somebody else right now.