Acts 16:10

And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
after	ὡς hōs	G5613	which how · particle
seen	εἶδεν, eiden	G1492	used only in certain past tenses · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
vision	ὅραμα horama	G3705	something gazed at · noun — accusative singular neuter
immediately	εὐθέως eutheōs	G2112	directly · adverb
endeavoured	ἐζητήσαμεν ezētēsamen	G2212	to seek (literally or figuratively) · verb — aorist active indicative, 1st person plural
go	ἐξελθεῖν exelthein	G1831	to issue (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active infinitive
into	εἰς eis	G1519	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
Macedonia	Μακεδονίαν Makedonian	G3109	Macedonia · noun — accusative singular feminine, a place
gathering	συμβιβάζοντες sumbibazontes	G4822	causative (by reduplication) of the base of G939 (βάσις… · verb — present active participle, nominative plural masculine
that	ὅτι hoti	G3754	demonstrative · conjunction
Lord	κύριος kýrios	G2962	supreme in authority
called	προσκέκληται proskeklētai	G4341	to call toward oneself · verb — perfect middle or passive deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
us	ἡμᾶς hēmâs	G2248	us
gospel	εὐαγγελίσασθαι euangelisasthai	G2097	to announce good news ("evangelize") especially the gos… · verb — aorist middle infinitive
them	αὐτούς.¶ autous	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative plural masculine

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Cross-references

2 Corinthians 2:12-13 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
Acts 14:7 And there they preached the gospel.
Psalms 119:60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Proverbs 3:27-28 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Acts 10:29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
Acts 16:10-17 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to pr…
Acts 20:5-8 These going before tarried for us at Troas.
Acts 20:13-15 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:6-15

In these verses we have, I. Paul's travels up and down to do good. 1. He and Silas his colleague went throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, where, it should seem, the gospel was already planted, but whether by Paul's hand or no is not mentioned; it is likely it was, for in his epistle to the Galatians he speaks of his preaching the gospel to them at the first, and how very acceptable he was among them, Gal 4:13-15. And it appears by that epistle that the judaizing teachers had then done a great deal of mischief to these churches of Galatia, had prejudiced them against Paul and drawn them from the gospel of Christ, for which he there severely reproves them. But probably that was a gre…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 16:10

And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia--The "we," here first introduced, is a modest intimation that the historian himself had now joined the missionary party. (The modern objections to this are quite frivolous). Whether Paul's broken health had anything to do with this arrangement for having "the beloved physician" with him [WIES], can never be known with certainty; but that he would deem himself honored in taking care of so precious a life, there can be no doubt.

Adam Clarke on Acts 16:10

We endeavored to go into Macedonia - This is the first place that the historian St. Luke refers to himself: We endeavored, etc. And, from this, it has been supposed that he joined the company of Paul, for the first time, at Troas. Assuredly gathering - Συμβιβαζοντες, Drawing an inference from the vision that had appeared. That the Lord had called us for to preach - That is, they inferred that they were called to preach the Gospel in Macedonia, from what the vision had said, come over and help us; the help meaning, preach to us the Gospel. Instead of ὁ Κυριος, the Lord, meaning Jesus, several MSS., such as ABCE, several others, with the Coptic, Vulgate, Theophylact, and Jerome, have ὁ Θεος,…

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The Church Fathers

Notably, Luke was with Paul in those cities, as appears from these words in which he includes himself at the same time, saying: We sought, we came by a straight course, and other similar things. [AMMONIUS]
— Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts

"And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the Gospel unto them." "Assuredly gathering," it says, "that the Lord had called us." That is, inferring, both from the circumstance that Paul saw it and none other, and from the having been "forbidden by the Spirit," and from their being on the borders; from all these they gathered.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 34

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Dictionary and topics

Macedonia — In New Testament times, was a Roman province lying north of Greece. It was governed by a propraetor with the title of proconsul. Paul was summoned by the vision of the “man of Macedonia” to preach…
Philippi — (1.) Formerly Crenides, “the fountain,” the capital of the province of Macedonia. It stood near the head of the Sea, about 8 miles north-west of Kavalla. It is now a ruined village, called…
Troas — A city on the coast of Mysia, in the north-west of Asia Minor, named after ancient Troy, which was at some little distance from it (about 4 miles) to the north. Here Paul, on his second missionary…
Holy Spirit, The, Is God · As directing where the gospel should be preached — As directing where the gospel should be preached
Luke · Accompanies Paul in his tour of Asia and Macedonia — Accompanies Paul in his tour of Asia and Macedonia
Macedonian Empire, The · Gospel preached in, by God’s desire — Gospel preached in, by God’s desire

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Acts 16:10

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:6-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 16:10

Adam Clarke on Acts 16:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Acts 16:10

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:6-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 16:10

Adam Clarke on Acts 16:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Acts 16:10

John Calvin on Acts 16:6-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 16:10