Acts 20:15

Acts 20:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we went to Miletus.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Acts 20:15

13But we went on ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for that was what he had arranged, intending himself to go [a shorter route] by land. 14So when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and sailed on to Mitylene. Sailing from there, we arrived the next day [at a point] opposite Chios; the following day we crossed over to Samos, and the next day we arrived at Miletus [about 30 miles south of Ephesus]. 16Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus so that he would not end up spending time [unnecessarily] in [the province of] Asia (modern Turkey); for he was in a hurry to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost. 17However, from Miletus he sent word to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church [to meet him there].

Acts 20:15 word by word

κἀκεῖθεν ἀποπλεύσαντες τῇ ἐπιούσῃ κατηντήσαμεν ἄντικρυς Χίου, τῇ δὲ ἑτέρᾳ παρεβάλομεν εἰς Σάμον τῇ δὲ ἐχομένῃ ἤλθομεν εἰς Μίλητον.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• And we sailedἀποπλέωapopleō · to set sailG636
• thenceκἀκεῖθενkakeithen · and from thereG2547
• and cameκαταντάωkatantaō · to come toG2658
• the nextἐπιοῦσαepiousa · to come laterG1966
• over againstἀντικρύantikru · oppositeG481
• ChiosΧίοςChios · ChiosG5508
• andδέde · thenG1161
• the nextἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• we arrivedπαραβάλλωparaballō · to arriveG3846
• atεἰςeis · towardG1519
• SamosΣάμοςSamos · SamosG4544
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• tarriedμένωmenō · to stayG3306
• atἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• TrogylliumΤρωγύλλιονTrōgullion · TrogylliumG5175
• and the nextἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• we cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• MiletusΜίλητοςMilētos · MiletusG3399

Cross-references for Acts 20:15

• Acts 20:17However, from Miletus he sent word to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church [to meet him there].
• 2 Timothy 4:20Erastus stayed on at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.

Commentaries on Acts 20:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Over 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. Arrived at Samos - This was another island of the Aegean Sea, or Archipelago. It does not appear that they landed at Samos: they passed close by it, and anchored at Trogyllium. This was a promontory of Ionia, which gave name to some small islands in the vicinity of Samos: ̔ : before…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Over 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 now called Scio. It will long be remembered as the seat of a dreadful massacre of almost all its inhabitants by the Turks in 1823. At Samos - This was also an island of the Archipelago, lying off the coast of Lydia, from which it is separated by a narrow…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-16Verses 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 be crossed; we must not spend time with them when duty calls us another way.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-15Assos was an important city in Mysia on the east coast of the Aegean Sea. Mitylene was the most strategic city on the island of Lesbos. The island of Samos was crucial for trade routes from Asia Minor to the west and from the Aegean Sea to Egypt.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1615-16. came the next day over against Chios--now Scio: one of the most beautiful of those islands between which and the coast the sail is so charming. They appear not to have touched at it. next day we arrived--"touched" or "put in." at Samos--another island coming quite close to the mainland, and about as far south of Chios as it is south of Lesbos. tarried--for the night. at Trogyllium--an anchorage on the projecting mainland, not more than a mile from…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 20:15

• Chios
• Miletus
• Mitylene
• Paul
• Samos
• Trogyllium

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Commentaries on Acts 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings