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

1After saying farewell to the Ephesian elders, we sailed straight to the island of Cos. The next day we reached Rhodes and then went to Patara. There we boarded a ship sailing for Phoenicia. 3We sighted the island of Cyprus, passed it on our left, and landed at the harbor of Tyre, in Syria, where the ship was to unload its cargo. 4We went ashore, found the local believers, and stayed with them a week. These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to 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 commanding officer found an Egyptian ship from Alexandria that was bound for Italy, and he put us on board.
• Jonah 1:3But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish.
• Acts 15:3The church sent the delegates to Jerusalem, and they stopped along the way in Phoenicia and Samaria to visit the believers. They told them—much to everyone’s joy—that the Gentiles, too, were being converted.

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

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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