Acts 18:9 - Exposition

And the Lord said unto for then spake the Lord to, A.V. A vision ( ὅραμα ); literally, a thing seen, but always used of a wonderful "sight:" Matthew 17:9 of the Transfiguration, Acts 7:31 of the burning bush. But more commonly of a "vision," as in Acts 9:10 , Acts 9:12 ; Acts 10:3 , Acts 10:17 , Acts 10:19 ; Acts 11:5 ; Acts 12:9 ; Acts 16:9 . So in the LXX . ( Genesis 46:2 , etc.). St. Paul received a similar gracious token of the Lord's watchful care of him soon after his conversion ( Acts 22:17-21 ). He tells us that then he was in an "ecstasy," or trance. The ἔκστασις describes the mental condition of the person who sees an ὅραμαα .