Acts 28:12

Modern

Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.

Traditional

And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.

Literal

And having put in at Syracuse, we stayed three days,

Latin

Et cum venissemus Syracusam, mansimus ibi triduo.

Greek

English

Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.

Syracuse was the capital of the eastern half of Sicily.

Luke was on this journey and described Paul's route from Malta to Rome with great geographical detail (see study note on 27:1–28:16).

The graphic language describing sailing in the story of Paul's journey to Rome provides one of the best accounts of an ancient sea journey.
This is the last "we" section in Acts (see also 16:10–17; 20:5–15; 21:1–18). During Paul's two years of imprisonment, Luke probably researched his gospel throughout Judea and Galilee. Here, as part of Paul's sailing group, he had a personal witness of the dangers at sea.

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