Acts 27:2

Entering. Gr. epibaino, here a technical term meaning “to embark,” “to go on board.” Adramyttium. A seaport on the northwest coast of Mysia in Asia Minor, 50 mi. east of Troas. It was a commercial center of some importance. Its modern name is Edremit. This was apparently the home port of the ship, and its destination on the present voyage. Meaning to sail. Literally, “about to sail,” with reference to the ship. The centurion purposed to touch at various ports along the way until he should find a ship on its way to Rome. Aristarchus. A traveling companion of Paul. He had been with Paul at Ephesus (ch. 19:29), then with him in Macedonia and Greece (ch. 20:4). He was with Paul during his first imprisonment at Rome (Col. 4:10; Philemon 24). Being with us. These words imply that both Aristarchus and Luke, the writer of the narrative, were in Paul’s company. Roman law provided that Roman citizens traveling as prisoners might be accompanied by a slave and a personal physician. Perhaps Aristarchus served as Paul’s servant and Luke as his physician.