Acts 20:14

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 Paul fell in with the ship while still on his way to Assos, and was taken on board at once; he therefore renders “as he came to meet us at Assos”. Μιτυλήνην : the capital of Lesbos, about thirty miles from Assos, and so an easy day's journey; Lewin, St. Paul, ii. 84, cf. Hor., Od., i., 7, 1; Ep., i., 11, 17. Its northern harbour into which the ship would sail is called by Strabo, xiii., 2, μέγας καὶ βαθύς, χώματι σκεπαζόμενος (Wetstein).