Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Acts 20:15
Chios] A large island forming part of the province of Asia. Trogyl-lium] is opposite Samos. Miletus] the most famous and important of the Ionian colonies. It was a seaport situated on the Carian coast.
Chios] A large island forming part of the province of Asia. Trogyl-lium] is opposite Samos. Miletus] the most famous and important of the Ionian colonies. It was a seaport situated on the Carian coast.
ACTS 20:15 th|/ de, (2) {B} The information contained in the longer text is, as Ramsay points out, “in itself highly probable, for the promontory of Trogyllian or Trogylia projects far out between Sa...
Verse Acts 20:15. _OVER AGAINST CHIOS_] This was a very celebrated island between _Lesbos_ and _Samos_, famous in antiquity for its extraordinary _wines_. At this island the apostle did not touch. _...
OVER AGAINST CHIOS - Opposite to. Into the neighborhood of; or near to it. Chios, called also Coos, is an island in the Archipelago, between Lesbos and Samos. It is on the coast of Asia Minor, and is...
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)...
SAILED THENCE, AND. having sailed away. Greek. _apopleo._ See note on Acts 13:4. CAME. arrived. Greek. _katantao._ See note on Acts 16:1. NEXT. Greek. _epeimi._ See note on Acts 7:26. OVER AGAINST....
_And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios_ As the word for "next" here is not the same as that so rendered in the following clause, the _Rev. Ver._gives (with more closeness to t...
καὶ μείναντες ἐν Τρωγυλλίῳ omitted with אABCE. Not represented in _Vulg_. 15. ΤΗ͂Ι ἘΠΙΟΎΣΗΙ ΚΑΤΗΝΤΉΣΑΜΕΝ ἌΝΤΙΚΡΥΣ ΧΊΟΥ, _on the following day we came over against Chios_. The island of Chios is about...
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...
ΆΠΟΠΛΕΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΑΠΟΠΛΈΩ (G636) отплывать, ΈΠΙΟΎΣΗ (G1896) на следующий день (слово "день" опущено). _Dat._ времени, ΚΑΤΗΝΤΉΣΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΝΤΆΩ (G2658) прибы...
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...
OVER AGAINST CHIOS. Acts 20:15 a. Acts 20:15 a And sailing from thence, we came the following day over against Chios; ACTS 20:15 A This is a large island and is separated from the mainland by a chan...
See notes on verse 14...
And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. AND WE SAILED THENCE, AND CAME...
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...
WE SAILED THENCE... — After the usual manner of the Mediterranean navigation of the time, the ship put into harbour, where it was possible, every evening. Each of the stations named — Lesbos, Chios, S...
κἀκεῖθεν, see on Acts 16:12; Acts 14:26. κατηντήσαμεν, _cf._ Acts 16:1; Acts 18:19; Acts
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 WE SAILED THENCE,.... From Mitylene: AND CAME THE NEXT DAY OVER AGAINST CHIOS; which, according to R. Benjamin Tudelensis b, was three days' sail from Mitylene; according to Pliny c it was sixty...
_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...
CHIOS; an island in the Aegean sea, now called Scio. SAMOS; an island near the province of Lydia. TROGYLLIUM; a town on the coast opposite Samos. MILETUS; a maritime town south of Ephesus....
From Troas to Miletus:...
AND WE SAILED THENCE, AND CAME THE NEXT DAY OVER AGAINST CHIOS; AND THE NEXT DAY WE ARRIVED AT SAMOS, AND TARRIED AT TROGYLLIUM; AND THE NEXT DAY WE CAME 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...
WE SAILED FROM THERE, AND THE NEXT _DAY_ CAME OPPOSITE CHIOS. THE FOLLOWING _DAY_ WE ARRIVED AT SAMOS AND STAYED AT TROGYLLIUM. THE NEXT _DAY_ WE CAME TO MILETUS. 1. In one day they came to Chios - a...
"And sailing from thence, we came the following day over against Chios; and the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after we came to Miletus"Over against": "Anchored in. mainland port opposite t...
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...
CHIOS; a noted island betwixt Lesbos and Samos in the Aegean Sea. SAMOS; in Ionia; for there are several other islands of this name. TROGYLLIUM; a promontory not far from Samos. MILETUS; a sea town up...
Acts 20:15 sailed G636 (G5660) there G2547 next G1966 (G5752) came G2658 (G5656) opposite G481 Chios...
‘And sailing from there, we came the following day over against Chios; and the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after we came to Miletus. For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he...
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 20:15. AND WE SAILED THENCE, AND CAME THE NEXT DAY OVER AGAINST CHIOS. Chios was an island off the coast of Ionia, celebrated for its wine. It was the scene of the massacre of the Greeks by the T...
WE CAME OVER AGAINST CHIOS (κατηντησαμεν αντικρυς Χιου). Luke uses this _Koine_ verb several times (Acts 16:1; Acts 18:19), meaning to come right down in front of and the notion of αντα is made plai...
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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 20:15 CHIOS was the birthplace of Homer. SAMOS was the birthplace of the mathematician Pythagoras. MILETUS was a major Aegean harbor in the province of Asia in Paul’s day.
_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...
2 Timothy 4:20; Acts 20:17...
Arrived [π α ρ ε β α λ ο μ ε ν]. Only here and Mark 4:30, where it is used more nearly according to its original sense, to throw beside; to bring one thing beside another in comparison. Here, of bring...