Acts 20:14 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 20:14

And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.

KJV

And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Retractions on Acts (735)

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, …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὡς	hōs	When	G5613 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
συνέβαλλεν	suneballen	he was meeting with	G4820 →
ἡμῖν	hēmin	us	G3165 →
εἰς	eis	at	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
Ἆσσον,	Asson	Assos,	G789 →
ἀναλαβόντες	analabontes	having taken in	G353 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
ἤλθομεν	ēlthomen	we came	G2064 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Μιτυλήνην·	Mitulēnēn	Mitylene;	G3412 →