When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 10. We. This change in the narration from the third, to the first person, we sought, and so forth is remarkable. It is hence inferred, that Saint Luke, the author of this book, joined Saint Paul at Troas, and became his inseparable companion. Calmet.—It is, however, probable, that as the narrative in the first person changes again at the end of this chapter, and is not resumed, till the fifth verse of the 20th chap. that Saint Luke was absent on some mission during the time that elapsed between this and their sailing from Philippi, as mentioned hereafter. Chap. 20 verse 6. Tirinus.