Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Acts 20:13
Assos] A Greek (Æolic) colony on the S. coast of the Troad. By walking thither St. Paul avoided the tedious voyage round Cape Lectum.
Assos] A Greek (Æolic) colony on the S. coast of the Troad. By walking thither St. Paul avoided the tedious voyage round Cape Lectum.
ACTS 20:13 h`mei/j The Armenian catena, which rests upon the Old Syriac text, expands the “we” into “I, Luke, and those who with me went on board,” 363 a reading that Rendel Harris 364 argued was the...
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Verse Acts 20:13. _SAILED UNTO ASSOS_] _Assos_, according to _Pausanias_, Eliac. ii. 4, and _Pliny_, Hist. Nat. xxxvi. 27, was a maritime town of Asia, in the _Troad_. _Strabo_ and _Stephanus_ place...
SAILED UNTO ASSOS - There were several cities of this name. One was in Lycia; one in the territory of Eolis; one in Mysia; one in Lydia; and another in Epirus. The latter is the one intended here. It...
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)...
TO SHIP. on board. Literally upon (Greek. _epi_. App-104.) the ship. INTENDING. being about. Same as in verses: Acts 20:3; Acts 20:7; Acts 20:38. TAKE IN. receive on board. HAD HE APPOINTED. Greek....
Paul goes on foot to Assos, then by sea to Miletus 13. _And we went before to ship_ The conjunction should be adversative. The writer is describing now what the rest, without St Paul, did. Read " BUT...
ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ ΔΈ ΠΡΟΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ ἘΠῚ ΤῸ ΠΛΟΙ͂ΟΝ, _but we going before to the ship_. St Luke now describes what he and the rest, without St Paul, did next. They started from Troas before St Paul’s departure, and...
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...
ΠΡΟΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. part. (сопутств.)_, _см._ Acts 20:5. ΆΝΉΧΘΗΜΕΝ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._ Acts 20:3. Форма 1 _pers. pl._ включает в себя Луку и остальных, кроме Павла. ΤΑΣΣΟΣ (G789) _acc._ Гор...
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 PHILIPPI. Acts 20:6 a. Acts 20:6 a And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, ACTS 20:6 A To arrive here Paul had to make a day's journey off the main road. But the chur...
13. Paul and his whole company departed at an early hour in the morning, and the meeting breaking up at daybreak for this purpose. But their routes for the day were different. (13) "_We went forward t...
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. AND WE WENT BEFORE TO SHIP, AND SAILED UNTO ASSOS, THERE IN...
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...
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...
AND SAILED UNTO ASSOS. — The port of Assos. lay about twenty-four miles to the south of Troas. We can only conjecture St. Paul’s motives for going thither himself by land while his companions went by...
ἡμεῖς, _i.e._, without Paul. Ἄσσον : south of Troas in the Roman province of Asia, and some miles east of Cape Lectum. The opposite coast of Lesbos was about seven miles distant. Its harbour gave it a...
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...
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...
− 13._When we had taken ship. _It is uncertain why Paul did choose rather to go by land, whether it were because sailing might be to him troublesome, or that as he did pass by he might visit the breth...
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 WE WENT BEFORE TO SHIP,.... That is, Luke, the writer of this history, and the rest of the apostle's company, went before him to a ship, which lay at Troas, and went aboard it: AND SAILED UNTO AS...
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. Ver. 13. _Assos_] A chief city of Mysia, called also Apolloni...
_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...
ASSOS; a maritime city near Troas, on the Aegean sea....
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....
From Troas to Miletus:...
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...
THEN WE WENT AHEAD TO THE SHIP AND SAILED TO ASSOS, THERE INTENDING TO TAKE PAUL ON BOARD; FOR SO HE HAD GIVEN ORDERS, INTENDING HIMSELF TO GO ON FOOT. 1. Paul and Luke went to the ship and sailed to...
"But we going before to the ship set sail for Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, intending himself to go by land"But we going before to the ship set sail for Assos": "But...
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...
ASSOS; a city in Mysia, called also Apollonia, not far from Troas either by water or land. MINDING HIMSELF TO GO AFOOT; Paul's going on foot might be the rather, that so he might have the better oppor...
13. Paul and his whole company departed at an early hour in the morning, and the meeting breaking up at daybreak for this purpose. But their routes for the day were different. (13) " We went forward t...
Acts 20:13 Then G1161 we G2249 ahead G4281 (G5631) to G1909 ship G4143 sailed G321 (G5681) to...
‘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...
_St. Paul pursues his Journey to JerusalemFrom Assos he sails along the Coasts of AsiaOn his Arrival at Miletus he sends for the Elders of the Church of Ephesus,_ 13-17. Acts 20:13. AND WE WENT BEFORE...
TO THE SHIP (επ το πλοιον). Note article. It is possible that Paul's party had chartered a coasting vessel from Philippi or Troas to take them to Patara in Lycia. Hence the boat stopped when and wh...
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...
Mark 1:35; Mark 6:31; Mark 6:46...
To go afoot [π ε ζ ε υ ε ι ν]. Only here in New Testament. There is no good reason for changing this to by land, as Rev. The A. V. preserves the etymology of the Greek verb. The distance was twenty mi...
Being himself to go on foot — That he might enjoy the company of his Christian brethren a little longer, although he had passed the night without sleep, and though Assos was of difficult and dangerous...
Here an account is given of several travels of the apostle; namely, from Troas to Assos, from thence to Mitylene, next day to Samos, then to Trogyllium, and the day following to Miletus, passing by an...