Keraia
Acts 20

Acts 20:13

From Troas to Miletus · Acts 20:13–16
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Translations

Modern
We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.
Traditional
And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.
Literal
But we, having gone ahead to the ship, sailed to Assos, being about to take in Paul there. For having arranged thus, he was readying himself to go on foot.
Latin
Nos autem ascendentes navem, navigavimus in Asson, inde suscepturi Paulum: sic enim disposuerat ipse per terram iter facturus.

Original

Greek
English
We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.

Notes

Acts 20:13–15

  • Assos was an important city in Mysia on the east coast of the Aegean Sea.

  • Mitylene was the most strategic city on the island of Lesbos.

  • The island of Samos was crucial for trade routes from Asia Minor to the west and from the Aegean Sea to Egypt.

Acts 20:5–15

This is another of the “we” passages in Acts (sections where Luke includes himself in the story; see study note on 16:10). Luke likely joined Paul again at Philippi, where he had stayed some years earlier. He then traveled with Paul to Jerusalem (21:1–18).

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul)

Events

People

Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistles

Places

Assos: A seaport in Mysia, visited by Paul

Glossary

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Topics

Assos: A Seaport in Mysia Paul: Visits Assos, Mitylene, Chios, Samos, Trogyllium Ship used in Commerce for Passenger Traffic Travellers: Often Travelled on Foot