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Andδὲwhenὡςhe sawεἶδενthe vision,τὸ ὅραμαat onceεὐθέωςwe soughtἐζητήσαμενto go outἐξελθεῖνtoεἰςMacedonia,ΜακεδονίανconcludingσυμβιβάζοντεςthatὅτιGodὁ θεὸςhad calledπροσκέκληταιusἡμᾶςto proclaim the good newsεὐαγγελίσασθαιto them.αὐτούς
Acts 16:10
Study it in the app“And when he saw the vision, at once we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.”
The Spirit closes some roads, then Paul sees a Macedonian in a vision asking for helpGod guides
With the Greek beneath
Acts 16:10, word by word
- he sawεἶδενeiden
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “eiden” appears- the visionὅραμαhorama
vision, sight
Vision, sight, what one sees.
Where else “horama” appears- at onceεὐθέωςeutheōs
immediately
Immediately, at once.
Where else “eutheōs” appears- we soughtἐζητήσαμενezētēsamen
try
To try for something; to be after someone's life is to plan to kill them.
Where else “ezētēsamen” appears- to go outἐξελθεῖνexelthein
go out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exelthein” appears- MacedoniaΜακεδονίανMakedonian
Macedonia
See it on the mapWhere else “Makedonian” appears- concludingσυμβιβάζοντεςsymbibazontes
prove
To put reasons or proofs together until reaching a conclusion.
Where else “symbibazontes” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- had calledπροσκέκληταιproskeklētai
summon
Call to oneself, summon.
Where else “proskeklētai” appears- to proclaim the good newsεὐαγγελίσασθαιeuangelisasthai
proclaim good news
Announce the good news; in the passive, have the good news announced or be announced as good news.
Where else “euangelisasthai” appears
Translation note
From here the account changes to the first person plural (“we”); it can be understood that the author travels with Paul.
Places in this verse
Macedonia
Today: northern Greece, plus North Macedonia and Bulgaria
A region of northern Greece, by the north of the Aegean Sea.
Paul saw in a vision a man begging, "Come over to Macedonia and help us" (Acts 16:9). There he started the assemblies in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea (Acts 16–17).
The context
9And a vision appeared to Paul during the night: a certain Macedonian man was standing and urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
10 · This verse (above)
11So setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis,
To study Acts 16 in a group
1. What it says
What do Paul and Silas do at midnight in prison, and what happens afterward? (vv. 25-26)
2. What it means
Why does the jailer ask what he must do, and how do Paul and Silas answer him? (vv. 27-31)
3. How I live it
Paul and Silas prayed and sang on a very hard night (v. 25). What gives you courage when you go through a night like that?