abode three months. Literally having done three months. Compare Acts 15:33; Acts 18:23. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the species). App-6. The whole period covered by verses: Acts 20:1-3 is about nine months.
when, &c. Literally. plot (Greek. epiboule. See Acts 9:24) having been made against him by (Greek. hupo. App-104.) the Jews.
sail. Greek. anago. See note on Acts 13:13.
he purposed. Literally his purpose or judgment was. Greek. gnome. App-177.