Nothing is said of any plans Paul might have had for what they would do once they had seen how the Galatians were getting on (though we might guess that he had set his sights on Ephesus, the capital of the province of Asia; cf. v. 6). Instead, the emphasis is entirely on the divine guidance that took them to Macedonia. The story is told with a minimum of detail, which only heightens the impression that they were carried along, as it were, by the irresistible wind of the Spirit, much as Paul and Barnabas had been on the earlier journey (cf. 13:1–3).

16:6 The reference in verse 2 to Iconium suggests that it too was visited by the missionaries. It would have made an ideal headquarters from which to visit all the other towns, and there is some reason for thinking that this was their arrangem…