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Acts 20:15

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Acts 20:15

Verse 15 of 38

Scripture focus

And we sailed thence, and came the next [day] over against Chios; and the next [day] we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next [day] we came to Miletus.

Acts 20:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 20:15

Theological / Devotional

Over against Chios. Or, “opposite to.” Chios, or Coos, is an island lying between Lesbos and Samos. It required a day to sail there from Mitylene.

Samos. An island lying off the coast of Lydia, one more day’s sail from Chios (see Paul’s Third Missionary Tour).

Trogyllium. Textual evidence may be cited (cf. p. 10) for the omission of the words, “and tarried at Trogyllium.” Trogyllium was a city lying on the Lydian coast of the mainland, between Ephesus and the winding river Maeander (see Paul’s Third Missionary Tour).

Miletus. A seaport (see Paul’s Third Missionary Tour and The Journeys of Paul). It had been early settled by colonists from Crete, and became in turn an active colonizing center and an important city politically and commercially. It was about 32 mi. (52 km.) from Ephesus. Paul’s party arrived here three days after leaving Assos.

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