Acts 20:14

We took him in, and came to Mitylene. — This was the capital of Lesbos, and furnished the island with its modern name of Mitilini.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 magnif...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 bei...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

met . Greek. sumballo. See note on Acts 4:15 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 pla...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 islan...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 Mitylen...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Third Missionary Journey (continued) 1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until the return of Timothy and Erastus, and le...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mitylene ] the capital of the isle of Lesbos.
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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. H...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident throughout th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 wh...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Se...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi, Thessalon...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul on a Voyage. 13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there int...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 recognis...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sign of The Raising of Eutychus: Paul Hurries On (20:7-16). At this point in the account we are informed of a remarkable confirmation of God's...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But we going before to the ship set sail for Assos, there intending to take in Paul, for so he had appointed, intending himself to go by land. And w...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ....
The Biblical Illustrator

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 t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 e...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

From Troas to Miletus:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 Eph...

¹⁴ And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.

Related Commentaries of Acts 20:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 20:14