Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 20:14
An island, as also a city in it so called, in the Aegean Sea. Some think the island is called Lesbos, in which this Mitylene is.
An island, as also a city in it so called, in the Aegean Sea. Some think the island is called Lesbos, in which this Mitylene is.
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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, L...
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...
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 a...
But we went to the ship and set sail for Assos, for there we intended to take Paul on board for he had arranged things in this way, since he himself intended to do that stage on foot. When we met him...
SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...
MET. Greek. _sumballo._ See note on Acts 4:15....
_And … Mitylene_ The voyage was a coasting voyage, the nights being each spent in some harbour. Mitylene was the capital of Lesbos, to which place they went from Assos, because probably it had a bette...
ΕἸΣ ΜΙΤΥΛΉΝΗΝ, _to Mitylene_. The voyage was a coasting voyage, the nights being each spent in some harbour. Mitylene was the capital of Lesbos, to which place they went from Assos, probably because i...
PAUL GOES ON FOOT TO ASSOS, THEN BY SEA TO MILETUS...
_THE VOYAGE FROM TROAS TO MILETUS ACTS 20:13-16:_ Paul's mission work carried him to many places to preach. It seemed that he did not like to travel by ship, even though he did so at times. Here he de...
ΏΣ (G5613) когда, ΣΥΝΈΒΑΛΛΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΜΒΆΛΛΩ (G4820) соединяться, встречаться. _Impf._ может означать, что, приблизившись к Ассу, они увидели Павла и взяли его на корабль (Bruce). В нек...
ASSOS, &C.— _Assos_ was a principal town on the sea-coast of Asia, in Mysia. _Mitylene,_ (Acts 20:14.) was a celebrated sea-port in the island of Lesbos. _Chios_ (Acts 20:15.) was an island between Le...
AT ASSOS. Acts 20:14 a. Acts 20:14 a And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, ACTS 20:14 A The ship in which the voyage was made must have been a local merchant vessel that had a regular route o...
14-16. The ship and the footman arrived together. (14) "_And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene._ (15) _Sailing thence, the next day we arrived opposite Chios. In anoth...
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 o...
38 After showing them that the men they had led to the theater were not guilty of any overt act against the temple or goddess he reminds them that there are legal means of redress for any wrong which...
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until the return of Timothy and Erastus, and left Ephesus shortly after Pentecost, 55 a.d. (1 Corinth...
MITYLENE] the capital of the isle of Lesbos....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 20 PAUL TRAVELS THROUGH MACEDONIA AND GREECE, 20:1-6 V1 After the *riot, Paul sent for the *believers and he encouraged them. Then he said good...
WE TOOK HIM IN, AND CAME TO MITYLENE. — This was the capital of Lesbos, and furnished the island with its modern name of _Mitilini._...
συνέβαλεν, _cf._ Acts 17:18. The verb is peculiar to St. Luke; its meaning here is classical, _cf._ also Jos., _Ant._, ii., 7, 5. Rendall thinks that the imperfect (see critical note) may mean that Pa...
A PARTING MESSAGE Acts 20:13 The vessel had to stop at Miletus and Paul sent word to the Ephesian elders, urging them to come and see him. He spent the day in their company, and before parting delive...
Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident throughout this chapter. We follow him in rapid movements, alway...
Meeting with the Elders from Ephesus The rest of the apostle's company travelled by ship to Assos, while he went on foot. He joined them in the ship at Assos and went on with them to Mitylene, then by...
Mitylene is on the east coast of the Island of Lesbos. Chios is celebrated as the birthplace of Homer, the prince of uninspired poets, author of the “Illiad” and “Odyssey.” They pass in front of the B...
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. (14) And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and cam...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
But let us return to the history of Paul. After the uproar has ceased he sends for the disciples, embraces them, and departs for Macedonia; he visits that whole country, and comes into Greece. The beg...
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: so...
And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. Ver. 14-15. _Mytilene_] An island of the Cyclades, now called Meteline. See what great difficulties these good men devoured for...
_And we went before to ship_ Namely, those that were to go with Paul; _and sailed unto Assos_ A city to the south of Troas; _there intending to take in Paul_ Who went thither _on foot_ The place being...
MITYLENE; the capital of the island of Lesbos....
From Troas to Miletus:...
AND WHEN HE MET WITH US AT ASSOS, WE TOOK HIM IN, AND CAME TO MITYLENE....
Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea we are not told, but he gave them muc...
AND WHEN HE MET US AT ASSOS, WE TOOK HIM ON BOARD AND CAME TO MITYLENE. 1. Paul was finally convinced that going by ship was better. 2. All the men travel together to Mitylene....
"And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene"Mitylene": (mit uh LEE neh). "The wealthy chief city of Lesbos, an island in the Aegean Sea off the western coast of Asia Minor" (Nel...
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 b...
14-16. The ship and the footman arrived together. (14) "_ And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene._ (15) _Sailing thence, the next day we arrived opposite Chios. In anot...
Acts 20:14 And G1161 when G5613 met G4820 (G5627) us G2254 at G1519 Assos G789 took G353 him...
‘But we going before to the ship set sail for Assos, there intending to take in Paul, for so he had appointed, intending himself to go by land. And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to...
THE SIGN OF THE RAISING OF EUTYCHUS: PAUL HURRIES ON (20:7-16). At this point in the account we are informed of a remarkable confirmation of God's presence with Paul in the raising from the dead of a...
THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM (20:3-21:16). As we read this section of Acts some of it may seem a little pointless and repetitive. But we must recognise in it what Luke is doing. One purpose that he has in...
Acts 20:14. AND WHEN HE MET WITH US AT ASSOS, WE TOOK HIM IN, and CAME TO MITYLENE. Mitylene is about thirty miles from Assos, and is the capital of the island of Lesbos. Horace styles it ‘fair Mityle...
MET US (συνεβαλλεν ημιν). Imperfect active where the aorist (συνεβαλεν, as C D have it) would seem more natural. It may mean that as soon as (ως) Paul "came near or began to meet us" (inchoative im...
CONTENTS: Paul goes to Macedonia and Greece. His visits at Troas, Miletus. Paul's conference with the Ephesian elders. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Tim...
Acts 20:4. _There accompanied him Sopater of Berea,_ the son of Pyrrhus, according to the Vulgate. He is called by Paul, Sosipater. Romans 16:21. _Aristarchus,_ who accompanied him to Rome, and _Secun...
AND SAILED OFF TO ASSOS. Luke says: "we went on ahead," implying that he and some others went by ship. Paul followed the Roman road that connected Troas with Assos (a distance of twenty miles). It was...
_And we went before to ship and sailed unto Assos._ ANALYSIS OF SERVICE 1. These arrangements were under Paul’s own hand. He himself would Lake the twenty miles’ walk and make a religious exercise of...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 20:13. TO GO AFOOT.—Or, _by land_. “A paved road extended from Troas to Assos; so that starting even as late as seven or eight A.M. Paul could have reached Assos, twenty miles...
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 MA...
Last week we left Paul in Ephesus, in the midst of a near riot in town, as Demetrius the silversmith got together his companions in trade and pointed out how the preaching of Paul was about to put the...
Mitylene — Was a city and part of the isle of Lesbos, about seven miles distant from the Asiatic coast. `16. For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus — Which lay on the other side of the bay. He has...