Acts 16:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; ”

• Acts 16:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Loosing from Troas - Setting sail from this place. To Samothracia - This was an island in the Aegean Sea not far from Thrace. It was populated by inhabitants from Samos and from Thrace, and h...

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• Acts 16:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Philippi. Lydia. The voyage from Troas to Samothrace was past Tenedos and Imbros, and Samothrace was about halfway. The voyage back took five days ( Acts 20:6 ); this voyage only two, the wind bein...

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• Acts 16:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  loosing . See note on Acts 13:13 . came, &c . = ran direct. Greek. euthudromeo. Only here and Acts 21:1 . i.e. ran before the wind. Samothracia . The highest in elevation of the northern...

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• Acts 16:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  − 11. This history doth, as it were in a glass, show how sharply the Lord did exercise the faith and patience of his, by bringing them in great straits which they could not have overcome unless...

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• Acts 16:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; Loosing from Troas - Setting sail from this place. With a straight course to Samothracia...

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• Acts 16:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Samothracia, &c.— An island in the AEgean sea, near the Hellespont: Neapolis was a city of Macedonia. Sailing from thence up the river Strymon, they came to Philippi, which was a city or to...

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• Acts 16:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course, х euthudromeesamen...

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• Acts 16:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  St. Paul in Europe 1. Timotheus] was probably of Lystra, not Derbe. His mother Eunice was perhaps a widow, and she, together with his grandmother Lois, educated the lad in the religion of Israel,...

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• Acts 16:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  We came with a straight course to Samothracia. — Their course lay to the north-west, and, probably, after the manner of the navigation of the time, they put into harbour each night; and the histori...

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• Acts 16:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Guided to New Fields Acts 16:1-13 Paul had a wonderful influence over young men. Timothy, Titus, and Mark bore his impress. When circumcision was insisted upon, as in the previous chapter, no o...

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• Acts 16:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Here begins the account of Pads second journey. At Lystra he found Timothy. His action in the circumcision of Timothy is startling in view of the recent decision of the council. Some charge him with...

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• Acts 16:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, (7) After they were come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bith...

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• Acts 16:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Therefore loosing from Troas ,.... Or setting sail from thence, which, as before observed, was the Hellespont; which was a narrow sea that divided Asia from Europe, now called Stretto di Gallipoii,...

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• Acts 16:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; Ver. 11. We came with a straight course ] Or with a speedy course. The straight way is...

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• Acts 16:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Therefore, loosing from Troas, we came to Samothracia An island in these seas, famous for being the seat of certain religious mysteries, in equal estimation with those called Eleusinian. But it doe...

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• Acts 16:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Coming to Derbe and Lystra, where he and Barnabas had been persecuted before, Paul was favorably impressed with the young man, Timothy, who had evidently been converted through Paul on his first visi...

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• Acts 16:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Paul Invited into Macedonia; The Conversion of Lydia.       6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and we...

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• Acts 16:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Samothracia; an island so called, because the inhabitants came partly out of Thrace, and partly from Samos. This Neapolis was a city in the confines of Thrace and Macedonia.

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• Acts 16:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Mission to Europe (16:6-19:20). Paul's plans now seemed to begin to go awry. All doors seemed to be closing to him as in one way or another he was first hindered from going one way, and then a...

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• Acts 16:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 16:12 . The chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony .—Better, a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a colony—i.e. , of Rome. Macedonia was divided i...

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• Acts 16:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Acts 16:9 . And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. Our dreams often follow the leading thoughts...

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• Acts 16:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Acts 16:1 . Then came he to Lystra, as in Acts 14:6 . In their former labours in that city, Lois a jewess, her daughter Eunice, and Timothy her son, had embraced the faith. Now, they found Timoth...

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• Acts 16:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas and a vision appeared to Paul in the night. Paul’s vision at Troas I. Its benevolence. What is the gospel? Help for man. It helps man-- 1. To kno...

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• Acts 16:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Acts 16:1 And he came also for then came he, A.V. and T.R.; to Lystra for Lystra, A.V. ; Timothy for Timotheus, A.V. ; of a Jewess for of a certain woman which was...

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• Acts 16:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia and the next day to Neapolis,

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• Acts 16:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  We ran with a straight course — Which increased their confidence that God had called them.

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