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Andκαὶa visionὅραμαappearedὤφθηto Paulτῷ Παύλῳduringδιὰthe night:νυκτὸςa certainτιςMacedonianΜακεδώνmanἀνὴρwasἦνstandingἑστὼςandκαὶurgingπαρακαλῶνhimαὐτὸνandκαὶsaying,λέγων“Come overΔιαβὰςtoεἰςMacedoniaΜακεδονίανandhelpβοήθησονus.”ἡμῖν
Acts 16:9
Study it in the app“And 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.””
The Spirit closes some roads, then Paul sees a Macedonian in a vision asking for helpGod guides
With the Greek beneath
Acts 16:9, word by word
- a visionὅραμαhorama
vision, sight
Vision, sight, what one sees.
Where else “horama” appears- appearedὤφθηōphthē
appear
To become visible to someone, to appear before their eyes.
Where else “ōphthē” appears- to PaulΠαύλῳPaulōi
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulōi” appears- the nightνυκτὸςnyktos
night
Night. "By night".
Where else “nyktos” appears- MacedonianΜακεδώνMakedōn
Macedonian
Macedonian: a person from Macedonia.
Where else “Makedōn” appears- manἀνὴρanēr
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “anēr” appears- wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- standingἑστὼςhestōs
stand
To stay upright on one's feet, or hold out without falling.
Where else “hestōs” appears- urgingπαρακαλῶνparakalōn
beg
To call someone to your side, implore them.
Where else “parakalōn” appears- sayingλέγωνlegōn
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legōn” appears- “Come overΔιαβὰςDiabas
cross over
Cross over, go across to the other side.
Where else “Diabas” appears- MacedoniaΜακεδονίανMakedonian
Macedonia
See it on the mapWhere else “Makedonian” appears- helpβοήθησονboēthēson
help
Help, come to the aid of.
Where else “boēthēson” appears
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
8So passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
9 · This verse (above)
10And 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.
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?