Acts 20:15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 20:13-16

Paul is hastening towards Jerusalem, but strives to do all the good he can by the way, os en parodo, ?as it were by the by.? He had called at Troas, and done good there; and now he makes a sort of coasting voyage, the merchants would call it a trading voyage, going from place to place, and no doubt endeavouring to make every place he came to the better for him, as every good man should do. I. He sent his companions by sea to Assos, but he himself was minded to go afoot, Acts 20:13. He had... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 20:13-16

20:13-16 But we went to the ship and set sail for Assos, for there we intended to take Paul on board for he had arranged things in this way, since he himself intended to do that stage on foot. When we met him at Assos we took him on board and went to Mitylene. On the next day we sailed away from there and arrived opposite Chios. On the second day we crossed over to Samos and on the next day we came to Miletus.. for Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so as not to have to spend time in Asia.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 20:15

And we sailed thence ,.... From Mitylene: and came the next day over against Chios ; which, according to R. Benjamin Tudelensis F2 Apollodorus de Orig. Deor. l. 3. p. 130. , was three days' sail from Mitylene; according to Pliny F3 Alex. ab Alex. l. 6. c. 2. it was sixty five miles from it, and is an island in the Icarian or Aegean sea, and lies between Lesbos and Samos, next mentioned; and has its name from the nymph Chione, so called from the exceeding whiteness of her... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 20:15

Over against Chios - This was a very celebrated island between Lesbos and Samos, famous in antiquity for its extraordinary wines. At this island the apostle did not touch. Arrived at Samos - This was another island of the Aegean Sea, or Archipelago. It does not appear that they landed at Samos: they passed close by it, and anchored at Trogyllium. This was a promontory of Ionia, which gave name to some small islands in the vicinity of Samos: Της δε Τρωγιλιου προκειται νησιον ὁμωνυμον :... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:1-16

Scenes by the way. I. FUGITIVE SERVICE . "When they persecute you in one city, flee into another," had said the Lord. But not as a hireling who sees the wolf coming; rather as a brave warrior who retreats fighting. The brave retreat may reflect more honor than the hopeless prolongation of warfare. We must know when to give way. There is a "wise passiveness" and a "masterly inactivity." If we can but gain our Christian point, we should suffer no scruple of vanity to stand in our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:13-16

Troas to Miletus. A glimpse into the activity of Paul's life. I. His extraordinary ENERGY . Walking probably some twenty miles to Assos to meet the vessel. His independence of character. Although a man of strong affections, he loved to be alone sometimes. His purposes were maturely formed and resolutely carried out. II. His spiritual life was sustained by FELLOWSHIP WITH BRETHREN . The long voyages made in those days in sailing-vessels of only moderate speed would afford... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:13-38

The charge. The previous section brought before us St. Paul's labors as a missionary and an evangelist. The present section sets him before us as the Christian bishop, delivering his solemn charge to the presbyters of the Church. The qualities brought out in the charge are a transparent integrity of character; a noble ingenuousness, which enables him to speak of himself without a particle of vanity; and a resoluteness of purpose to do what is right, which no persuasion could weaken and no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:15

Sailing from for we sailed, A.V.; we came for and came, A.V.; following for next, A.V. ; touched for arrived, A.V. ; and the day after for and tarried at Trogyllium ; and the next day, A.V. and T.R. Over against Chios . Their course would lie through the narrow strait between Chios on the west and the mainland on the east. Samos . The large island opposite Ephesus. There they touched , or put in ( παρεβάλομεν ) . If the clause in the T.R. is genuine, they did... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 20:15

Over against Chios - Opposite to. Into the neighborhood of; or near to it. Chios, called also Coos, is an island in the Archipelago, between Lesbos and Samos. It is on the coast of Asia Minor, and is now called Scio. It will long be remembered as the seat of a dreadful massacre of almost all its inhabitants by the Turks in 1823.At Samos - This was also an island of the Archipelago, lying off the coast of Lydia, from which it is separated by a narrow strait. These islands were celebrated among... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 20:13-16

Acts 20:13-16. 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 in Paul Who went thither on foot The place being much nearer by land than by sea; and in order that, being alone for a while, he might employ himself in meditation and prayer, his public work allowing him little time for retirement and private devotion: or, perhaps, he might intend to call on some friends by the way. And when... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 20:13-16

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 20:13-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 20:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 20:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:13-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 20:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 20:13-16

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