“ And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. ”
Came to Mitylene - This was the capital of the island of Lesbos. It was distinguished by the beauty of its situation, and the splendor and magnificence of its edifices. The island on which it sto...
Troas to Miletus. In the Armenian Catena we read: But Luke and those with me came on the vessel; words which, if we were sure of their really being in the journal, would show that Luke was not it...
met . Greek. sumballo. See note on Acts 4:15 .
And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. Came to Mitylene - This was a seaport town in the isle of Lesbos: see its place in the map.
Assos, &c.— Assos was a principal town on the sea-coast of Asia, in Mysia. Mitylene, ( Acts 20:14 .) was a celebrated sea-port in the island of Lesbos. Chios ( Acts 20:15 .) was an island...
And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene - the capital of the beautiful and classical isl...
Third Missionary Journey (continued) 1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until the return of Timothy and Erastus, and left Ephesus shortly after Pentecost, 55 a.d. ( 1 Co...
We took him in, and came to Mitylene. — This was the capital of Lesbos, and furnished the island with its modern name of Mitilini.
a Parting Message Acts 20:13-27 The vessel had to stop at Miletus and Paul sent word to the Ephesian elders, urging them to come and see him. He spent the day in their company, and before parti...
Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident throughout this chapter. We follow him in rapid movements, alwa...
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. (14) And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and ca...
And when he met with us at Assos ,.... According to appointment: we took him in ; to the ship, and so sailed on: and came to Mitylene ; a city in Lesbos u, an island in the Aegean sea, now Metel...
And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. Ver. 14-15. Mytilene ] An island of the Cyclades, now called Meteline. See what great difficulties these good men devoured...
And we went before to ship Namely, those that were to go with Paul; and sailed unto Assos A city to the south of Troas; there intending to take in Paul Who went thither on foot The place bein...
Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea we are not told, but he gave them mu...
Paul on a Voyage. 13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, m...
An island, as also a city in it so called, in the Aegean Sea. Some think the island is called Lesbos, in which this Mitylene is.
The Journey to Jerusalem (20:3-21:16). As we read this section of Acts some of it may seem a little pointless and repetitive. But we must recognise in it what Luke is doing. One purpose that he ha...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 20:13 . To go afoot .—Or, by land . “A paved road extended from Troas to Assos; so that starting even as late as seven or eight A.M. Paul could have reached Assos, twenty...
Acts 20:4 . There accompanied him Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, according to the Vulgate. He is called by Paul, Sosipater. Romans 16:21 . Aristarchus, who accompanied him to Rome, and...
And we went before to ship and sailed unto Assos. Analysis of service 1. These arrangements were under Paul’s own hand. He himself would Lake the twenty miles’ walk and make a religious exercis...
EXPOSITION Acts 20:1 Having sent for … and exhorted for called unto him, A.V. and T.R.; took leave of them, and departed for and embraced them, and departed, A.V. Departed for to...
From Troas to Miletus:
Mitylene — Was a city and part of the isle of Lesbos, about seven miles distant from the Asiatic coast. `16. For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus — Which lay on the other side of the bay. He...