Acts 20:13

Acts 20:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then we went ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, there intending to take Paul on board; for so he had given orders, intending himself to go on foot.

Context of Acts 20:13

11Paul went back upstairs. He shared bread with the believers and he ate more food. Paul talked to them for a long time, until the sun rose in the morning. Then he left Troas. 12The other believers took Eutychus to his home. They were very happy because he was alive. Paul decided to travel to Assos across the land. But we got on a ship and we sailed to Assos. We agreed with Paul that we would wait for him there. 14When he met us at Assos, he came on the ship with us. Then we all sailed to Mitylene. 15We sailed from there and we arrived the next day at the coast near Chios. The day after that, we came to Samos. The next day, we arrived at Miletus.

Acts 20:13 word by word

ἡμεῖς δὲ προελθόντες ἐπὶ τὸ πλοῖον ἀνήχθημεν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἆσσον, ἐκεῖθεν μέλλοντες ἀναλαμβάνειν τὸν Παῦλον· οὕτως γὰρ διατεταγμένος ἦν, μέλλων αὐτὸς πεζεύειν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• went beforeπροέρχομαιproerchomai · to go beforeG4281
• toἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• shipὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• shipπλοῖονploion · boatG4143
• and sailedἀνάγωanagō · to leadG321
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• AssosἌσσοςAssos · AssosG789
• thereἐκεῖθενekeithen · from thereG1564
• intendingμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• to takeἀναλαμβάνωanalambanō · to take upG353
• in PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• hadεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• he appointedδιατάσσωdiatassō · to directG1299
• himselfαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• to go afootπεζεύωpezeuō · to walkG3978

Cross-references for Acts 20:13

• Mark 1:35Jesus got up very early the next morning, while it was still dark. He went to a place where he could be alone. He prayed there.
• Mark 6:31Many people were coming to Jesus and then going away. Jesus and his disciples were too busy even to eat. So Jesus said to them, ‘Come with me to a place where there are no other people. We should be alone together. Then we can rest for a short time.’

Commentaries on Acts 20:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Sailed 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 Apollonia, according to Pliny, Ib. lib. Acts 20:30. The passage by sea to this place was much longer than by land; and therefore St. Paul chose to go by land, while the others went by sea. Intending to take in Paul - , To take him in Again; for it appears he…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Sailed 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 was between Troas and Mitylene. The distance to it from Troas by land was about 20 miles, while the voyage round Cape Lecture was nearly twice as far, and accordingly Paul chose to go to it on foot. Minding himself - Choosing or preferring to go on foot. Most…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. 13-3813-14. we ... sailed--from Troas. unto Assos; there ... to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot--"to go by land." (See on Mr 6:33). In sailing southward from Troas to Assos, one has to round Cape Lecture, and keeping due east to run along the northern shore of the Gulf of Adramyttium, on which it lies. This is a sail of nearly forty miles; whereas by land, cutting right across, in a southeasterly direction, from sea to sea…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 20:13

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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