Acts 21:2

Acts 21:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.
• New International Version (NIV)We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went on board and set sail.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And finding a ship sailing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.

Context of Acts 21:2

1When we had torn ourselves away from them and set sail, we ran a straight course and came to Cos, and on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara; and after finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went on board and set sail. 3After we came in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on our left (port side), we sailed on to Syria and put in at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo. 4After looking up the disciples [in Tyre], we stayed there [with them] seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the [Holy] Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

Acts 21:2 word by word

καὶ εὑρόντες πλοῖον διαπερῶν εἰς Φοινίκην ἐπιβάντες ἀνήχθημεν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• findingεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• a shipπλοῖονploion · boatG4143
• sailing overδιαπεράωdiaperaō · to crossG1276
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• PheniciaΦοινίκηPhoinikē · PhoeniciaG5403
• we went aboardἐπιβαίνωepibainō · to mount/boardG1910
• and set forthἀνάγωanagō · to leadG321

Cross-references for Acts 21:2

• Acts 27:6There the centurion [Julius] found an Alexandrian ship [a grain ship of the Roman fleet] sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.
• Jonah 1:3But Jonah ran away to Tarshish to escape from the presence of the Lord [and his duty as His prophet]. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish [the most remote of the Phoenician trading cities]. So he paid the fare and went down into the ship to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord.
• Acts 15:3So, after being supplied and sent on their way by the church, they went through both Phoenicia and Samaria telling in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the believers.

Commentaries on Acts 21:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Phoenicia - A part of Syria. See the note on Acts 11:19.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Unto Phenicia - See the notes on Acts 11:19. Phoenicia was on their way to Jerusalem. Set forth - Sailed.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Tyre was an important port in Phoenicia with an empire centered on sea activity and widespread trade interests (see Isaiah 23; Jeremiah 25:15–38; 47; Zechariah 9; Matthew 15:21–28; Mark 7:24–31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. And finding a ship--their former one going no farther, probably. to Phoenica--(See on Ac 11:19). went abroad--One would almost think this extracted from a journal of the voyage, so graphic are its details.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 21:2

• Commerce
• Luke
• Patara
• Paul
• Phenicia

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Acts 21

• 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