Acts 16:10

we endeavoured More literally and better, we sought. (So R. V.) The steps taken would be in the way of enquiry how and when they could get across the sea to Europe. Here the writer begins to speak in the first person as if at this point he became a sharer in St Paul's labours. This he continues till Acts 16:17.

to go into Macedonia The word is stronger than the ordinary verb "to go" and = go forth, an expression very suitable to the first missionary journey from Asia into Europe. This is also as R. V.

assuredly gathering The verb has the sense of "coming to a conclusion from putting things side by side." So it is rendered "proving" in Acts 9:22 and elsewhere. Here it means "deeming it to be proved."