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Acts 16:11

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We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.

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ASV

Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

KJV

Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

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Commentary

7 notes on this verse
Loosing from Troas - Setting sail from this place. To Samothracia - This was an island in the Aegean Sea not far from Thrace. It was populated by inhabitants from Samos and from Thrace, and hence called Samothracia. It was about 20 miles in circumference, and was an asylum for fugitives and criminals. And the next day to Nepalese - This was a maritime city of Macedonia, near the borders of Thrace. It was about 10 miles from Philippi.

This site's exposition

loosing from Troas

on Acts 16:11-12

Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis, a favorable wind carrying the crossing in two days that would take five on the return at 20:6. From thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony brings the gospel onto European soil for the first time in the book, Philippi's status as a Roman colony populated largely by veteran soldiers shaping the citizenship dispute that surfaces later in the chapter. We were in that city abiding certain days, the mission settling in rather than passing through, matching the pattern of extended stays that mark the sites where a church takes root.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers3 voices

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts · Written before 550.

proposed

He calls Neapolis the present Christopolis.

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 34 · Written in the 5th century.

proposed

"Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; and from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony." That is, even the voyage made this manifest: for there was no tardiness. It became the very root of Macedonia. It is a high distinction for a city, the being a colony. "And in this city we were tarrying certain days."

A commentator

Cassiodorus

Complexiones on the Acts of the Apostles · Written before 585.

proposed

"And sailing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia. "After sailing from Troas, Paul and Silas, walking through some cities, came to Philippi, "which is the chief city of part of Macedonia, a colony." There a certain woman, Lydia, a seller of …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Therefore loosing from Troas,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Loosing from Troas - Setting sail from this place. With a straight course to Samothracia - This was an island of the Aegean Sea, contiguous to Thrace, and hence called Samothracia, or the Thracian Samos. It is about twenty miles in circumference, and is now called Samandrachi by the Turks, who are its present masters. And the next day to Neapolis - There were many cities of this name; but this was a sea-port town of Macedonia, a few miles eastward of Philippi. Neapolis signifies the new city.

The words behind it

13 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Acts 16:8

    So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.

    it leads to

    • 2 Corinthians 2:12

      Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,

    • 2 Timothy 4:13

      When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.

    • Acts 20:5

      These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.

  • Through

    Acts 21:1

    After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

    it leads to

    • 1 Thessalonians 2:17

      Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.

    • Luke 5:4

      When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

    • 1 Samuel 20:41–42

      When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept…

    • Acts 20:37–38

      They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.

    • Acts 27:2

      We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

Where this verse is studied

About Acts

The Ascension, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Ascension, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Cassiodorus, Complexiones on the Acts of the Apostles; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 34; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts and William Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen.

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