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 (G2113)] - literally, 'we ran straight;' that is, in nautical phrase, 'ran before the wind,'
To Samothracia - a lofty island in the AEgean sea, north westward from Troas, and about midway between this and Neapolis. Howson observes that the wind must have set in strong from the south or south-southeast, to bring them there so soon, as the current is strong in the opposite direction; and they afterward took five days to what they now did in two (Acts 20:6).
And the next day to Neapolis - on the Macedonian, or rather Thracian, coast, about 65 miles from Samothracia.