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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"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." Why a vision, and not the Holy Ghost? because He forbade the other. He would even in this way draw them over: since to the saints also He appeared in a dream, and in the beginning (Paul) himself saw a vision, "a man coming in and laying his hands upon him." In this manner also Christ appears to him, saying, "Thou must stand before Caesar." Then for this reason also He draws him thither, that the …
Theophylact of Ohrid
"There was a vision to Paul in the night: a certain man, a Macedonian, stood before him, asking him and saying." No longer through an Angel, as with Philip and Cornelius, but in a vision Paul receives the revelation — in a more human manner. Where it is easy to persuade, there it is in a more human manner, but where great effort is required, there the revelation comes in a more Divine form.
Oecumenius
No longer through an angel as with Philip or Cornelius, but through a vision it appears to Paul more humanly. For there persuasion is easy, more human; there, however, great force, more divine. Since he was only about to preach, it appears to him as a dream for this purpose. But he did not presume to preach; for by this the Holy Spirit reveals. For, he says, when they came, they attempted to go through Mysia and Bithynia, and the Spirit did not allow them. For the Spirit did not work even the easy things, but a vision sufficed. …
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