Acts 20:16

"Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus."

Key Reflection

Paul’s journey from Ephesus to Jerusalem took a series of sea crossings, navigating through key islands in the Aegean Sea. The stops at Chios, Samos, and Trogyllium were strategic points that would have been familiar to the original audience, highlighting the practical logistics of travel in the first century while also indicating Paul’s deliberate route towards his destination. These locations served not just as waypoints but also as places where news or events might have spread, making Paul's journey a significant part of early Christian history and communication.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 16. To sail by Ephesus. The word by in our translation is ambiguous. We say to go by a place, meaning either to take it in our way, to go to it, or to go past it. Here it means the latter. He intended to sail past Ephesus, without going to it. For he hasted, etc. Had he gone to Ephesus, he would probably have been so delayed in his journey that he could not reach Jerusalem at the time of Pentecost. The day of Pentecost. See Barnes "Ac 2:1". {b} "be at Jerusalem" Ac 18:21; 24:17 {c} "Pentecost" Ac 2:1 __________________________________________________________________

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