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Acts 20:13

Acts 20:13
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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 it in Mysia. It was also called…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 20:13-16

Paul is hastening towards Jerusalem, but strives to do all the good he can by the way, ōs en parodō̂ "as it were by the by." He had called at Troas, and done good there; and now he makes a sort of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

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…

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