16:11 We put out to sea 5 from Troas 6 and sailed a straight course 7 to Samothrace, 8 the next day to Neapolis, 9
1 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Grk “sought.”
3 sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.
4 tn Or “summoned.”
5 tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”
6 sn Troas was a port city (and surrounding region) on the northwest coast of Asia Minor. See v. 8.
7 tn BDAG 406 s.v. εὐθυδρομέω has “of a ship run a straight course” here; L&N 54.3 has “to sail a straight course, sail straight to.”
8 sn Samothrace is an island in the northern part of the Aegean Sea.
9 sn Neapolis was a seaport on the southern coast of Macedonia. It was 10 mi (16 km) from Philippi.