John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 16:11
11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; Ver. 11. We came with a straight course ] Or with a speedy course. The straight way is the next way: a "How long wilt thou go about, O backsliding daughter?" Jeremiah 31:22 . Impii ambulant in circuitu, saith the Psalmist, the wicked walk the round; so doth the devil, that great peripatetic, b seeking to circumvent, Job 1:7 . But the righteous look straight before them, Proverbs... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 16:10
10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them. Ver. 10. Assuredly gathering ] It was not therefore a bare vision, but set on upon their spirits by the testimony of the Holy Spirit, as all visions are that come from God. We read in the Roman history of a vision that Brutus had the night before that ill fated battle at Philippi, calling him into Macedonia too, but for his... read more