Bible Strands
Acts 16:9
During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul receives a nighttime vision while in Troas after passing through Mysia, where a man from Macedonia stands and pleads with him.
The words — The text highlights ὅραμα (horama), literally “a vision,” and ὤφθη (ōphthē), meaning “appeared,” to describe how the message reached Paul during the night.
The thread — This vision pattern parallels the Lord speaking to Ananias in Damascus (Acts 9:10), while the Macedonia destination later aligns with Silas and Timothy’s arrival from that region (Acts 18:5) and Paul’s subsequent resolution to travel through Macedonia toward Jerusalem (Acts 19:21).
Why it lands — The text records a direct command to cross into Macedonia, and the immediate narrative shows the group preparing to depart upon concluding God called them to preach there.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
Cross-references
- Acts 9:10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.
- Acts 18:5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
- Acts 19:21 After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
- Acts 18:9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
- Acts 20:1 When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.
- Romans 10:14 How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
- Romans 15:26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
- Acts 11:5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.
- 2 Corinthians 7:5 For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
- 2 Corinthians 8:1 Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.