Acts 21:15

Verse 15. After those days. After what had occurred, as related in the previous verses. We took up our carriages. This is a most unhappy translation. The word carriage we apply now exclusively to a vehicle for conveying anything--as a coach, chariot, gig, cannon-carriage, etc. The original word means simply, that they prepared themselves; made themselves ready; put their baggage in order, etc. aposkeuasamenoi. They prepared for the journey. The English word carriage was formerly used in the sense of that which is carried --baggage, burden, vessels, furniture, etc.