Acts 16:9
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“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.”
ἵστημι
To stand, to set, to place. Histemi. Having done all stand. Stand therefore. When you have done everything else there is still this. Stand in what Christ has already accomplished.
παρακαλέω
beseeching
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παρακαλέω
To comfort, to exhort, to encourage. Parakaleo. The God of all comfort who comforts us in all our troubles. He does not just send comfort. He is the God who comforts personally.
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ὀπτάνομαι
appeared:
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ὀπτάνομαι
To see, to appear, to be visible. He appeared to Peter then to the twelve. The resurrection appearances were real physical encounters not visions or hallucinations.
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νύξ
night
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νύξ
Night, darkness. You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. Your identity is light.
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λέγω
saying;
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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Παῦλος
to Paul
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Παῦλος
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
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διά
during
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διά
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
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ὅραμα
a vision
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ὅραμα
something gazed at, i.e. a spectacle (especially supernatural)
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Μακεδών
of Macedonia
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Μακεδών
a Macedon (Macedonian), i.e. inhabitant of Macedonia
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Μακεδονία
Macedonia
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Μακεδονία
Macedonia, a region of Greece
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τὶς
certain
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τὶς
some or any person or object
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διαβαίνω
Having passed over
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διαβαίνω
to cross
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