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Acts 21:7

Acts 21:7
And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And when we had finished our course from Tyre,.... Or sailed from thence,

we came to Ptolemais: the Syriac version calls it "Aco" or "Acu": and the Arabic version, "Aco"; and Ptolemais, according to…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

We came to Ptolemais - This was a city situated on the coast of the Mediterranean, on the north angle of a bay which extends, in a semicircle of three leagues, as far as the point of Mount Carmel. At…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

We came to Ptolemais - This was a seaport town of Galilee, not far from Mount Carmel, between Tyre and Caesarea, where the river Belus empties itself into the sea. It was at first called Accho, (and…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 21:1-7

We may observe here,

I. How much ado Paul had to get clear from Ephesus, intimated in the first words of the chapter, after we had gotten from them, that is, were drawn from them as by violence. It…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Acts 21:7-14

Paul's Journey to Cesarea, and his Stay there

And when … Ptolemais For "our course" Rev. Ver.has "the voyage" and for "came to" reads "arrived at." For the same verb in Act 16:1, "came to" is left.