And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
and when he met with us at Assos, having taken him up, we came to Mitylene,
And when he met with us at Assos, having taken him on board, we came to Mitylene;
Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.
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With him we came to Mytilene. We have written in the first book, following Pliny the Younger, that Mytilene is an island off Asia; but Pliny elsewhere writes that Mytilene is a city on the island of Cyprus. Both are believed to be true; however, …
Bede· Retractions on Acts, 735patristic
And when he met with us at Assos,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Came to Mitylene - This was the capital of the island of Lesbos. It was distinguished by the beauty of its situation, and the splendor and magnificence of its edifices. The island on which it stood, Lesbos, was one of the largest in the Aegean Sea, and the seventh in the Mediterranean. It is a few miles distant from the coast of Aeolia, and is about 168 miles in circumference. The name of the city now is Castro.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
