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Acts 20

Acts 20:15

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

Modern
Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.
Traditional
And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
Literal
And having sailed away from there, the next day we arrived opposite Chios, and the second day we arrived at Samos, and the following day we came to Miletus.
Latin
Et inde navigantes, sequenti die venimus contra Chium, et alia applicuimus Samum, et sequenti die venimus Miletum.

Original

Greek
English
Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.

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

Places

Chios: Island visited by Paul on his journey Miletus: A city in Asia Minor visited by Paul Samos: Island visited by Paul during his travels Trogyllium: A city near Ephesus, visited by Paul

Glossary

Book of the Acts of the Apostles Chios Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Elder Letter to the Colossians Letter to the Romans Luke (Person) Luke, Gospel of Miletus, Miletum Paul the Apostle Samos Samothrace Travel Trogyllium

Topics

Chios: An Island West of Smyrna Miletus: Paul Visits Mitylene: Paul Visits Paul: Visits Assos, Mitylene, Chios, Samos, Trogyllium Samos: Visted Briefly by Paul Trogyllium: Visited by Paul