Acts 20:14

And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. AND WHEN HE MET WITH US AT ASSOS, WE TOOK HIM IN, AND CAME TO MITYLENE - the capital of the beautiful and classical island of Lesbos, which lies opposite the eastern shore of the AEgean Sea, about 30 miles south of Assos, in whose harbour they seem to have lain for the night....

13-16 Paul hastened to Jerusalem, but tried to do good by the way, when going from place to place, as every good man should do. In doing God's work, our own wills and those of our friends must often be crossed; we must not spend time with them when duty calls us another way....

Verse Acts 20:14. _CAME TO MITYLENE._] This was a seaport town in the isle of _Lesbos_: see its place in the _map_....

CAME TO MITYLENE - This was the capital of the island of Lesbos. It was distinguished by the beauty of its situation, and the splendor and magnificence of its edifices. The island on which it stood, Lesbos, was one of the largest in the Aegean Sea, and the seventh in the Mediterranean. It is a few miles distant from the coast of Aeolia, and is about 168 miles in circumference. The name of the city now is Castro....

EXPOSITION ACTS 20:1 _Having sent for_ …_ and exhorted _for _called unto him, _A.V. and T.R.; _took leave of them, and departed _for _and embraced them, and departed, _A.V. DEPARTED FOR TO GO INTO MACEDONIA. This was St. Paul's purpose, as he had written to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:5) from Ephesus. He judged it wise, not only with a view to his own safety and that of his companions, but also for the rest and quiet of the Ephesian Church, to take advantage of the lull in the popular storm, and withdraw into quiet waters before any fresh outbreak occurred. Aquila and Priscilla seem to have left Ephesus about the same time, or soon after, since the Epistle to the Romans found them again at Rome ...

AND WHEN HE MET WITH US AT ASSOS,.... According to appointment: WE TOOK HIM IN; to the ship, and so sailed on: AND CAME TO MITYLENE; a city in Lesbos u, an island in the Aegean sea, now Metelino: sometimes the island is so called, and is about seven miles and a half from the continent: of this city Vitruvius w says, that it was magnificently and elegantly built, but not prudently situated; for when the south wind blew, men were sick in it, and when the northwest wind blew they had coughs, and when the north wind blew, they were restored to health. Some say it had its name from Mitylene, the daughter of Macaria or Pelops; others from Myto, the son of Neptune and Mitylene; and others from Mityle, the builder of it. x Hillerus inquires, whether it may not be so called from the Chaldee word, מטלנא, "Matlana", used in the Targum on Job 40:13 which signifies "a ba

ACTS 20:13-14 +Asson Instead of +Asson, in ver. Acts 20:13 î41 L P 237 614 2401 2412 _al_ syrp, h copsa and in ver. Acts 20:14 P 614 1799 2401 2412 _Al_ syrp, h copsa read Qa,sson (or Qa,son). Thasos, which is an island east of Amphipolis, is an impossible reading in the context; how it arose in such diverse witnesses is a puzzle. 365 -------------------------...

CHAPTER 20 __ 1. Paul in Macedonia (Acts 20:1). 2. His abode in Greece, the visit to Troas and what transpired there (Acts 20:3). 3. The journey from Troas to Miletus (Acts 20:13). 4. The farewell to the Ephesian Elders (Acts 20:17). The record before us is very brief. Some have thought the reason is the fact that the Apostle had turned aside from His given ministry, and therefore the Holy Spirit had nothing to report. We believe that this is correct. The object of the Spirit of God is now to lead us rapidly forward to the last visit of the Apostle to Jerusalem, therefore much is passed over in the untiring s

TROAS TO MILETUS. In the Armenian _Catena_ we read: But Luke and those with me came on the vessel; words which, if we were sure of their really being in the journal, would show that Luke was not its author. Preuschen thinks the original text was, But I, Luke, and those with me, the present text being grammatically impossible, and the emendation in the Armenian easy. ACTS 20:13. ASSOS, about twelve miles from Troas by land, on a hilly road. A ship has to round Cape Lekton. The Gr. does not compel us to think that Paul walked the distance; he may have ridden. Acts 20:14. Mitylene, the capital of Lesbos, is not far from Assos. For Chios and Samos, see EBi, HDB. Acts 20:15. The call at Trogylli

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