16:11 We put out to sea 1 from Troas 2 and sailed a straight course 3 to Samothrace, 4 the next day to Neapolis, 5
1 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.”
2 sn Troas was a port city (and surrounding region) on the northwest coast of Asia Minor. See v. 8.
3 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.”
4 sn Samothrace is an island in the northern part of the Aegean Sea.
5 sn Neapolis was a seaport on the southern coast of Macedonia. It was 10 mi (16 km) from Philippi.