Acts 16:10-11

16:10 After Paul ¹  saw the vision, we attempted ²  immediately to go over to Macedonia, ³  concluding that God had called ⁴  us to proclaim the good news to them.

Arrival at Philippi

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 

[16:10]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:10]  ² tn Grk “sought.”

[16:10]  ³ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[16:10]  ⁴ tn Or “summoned.”

[16:11]  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.”

[16:11]  ⁶ sn Troas was a port city (and surrounding region) on the northwest coast of Asia Minor. See v. 8.

[16:11]  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.”

[16:11]  ⁸ sn Samothrace is an island in the northern part of the Aegean Sea.

[16:11]  ⁹ sn Neapolis was a seaport on the southern coast of Macedonia. It was 10 mi (16 km) from Philippi.