Acts 21:2

21:2 We found ¹  a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, ²  went aboard, ³  and put out to sea. ⁴ 

Acts 27:38

27:38 When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, ⁵  they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat ⁶  into the sea.

Acts 21:6

21:6 we said farewell ⁷  to one another. ⁸  Then ⁹  we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes. ¹⁰ 

Acts 27:6

27:6 There the centurion ¹¹  found ¹²  a ship from Alexandria ¹³  sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

Acts 20:38

20:38 especially saddened ¹⁴  by what ¹⁵  he had said, that they were not going to see him ¹⁶  again. Then they accompanied ¹⁷  him to the ship.

Acts 27:17

27:17 After the crew ¹⁸  had hoisted it aboard, ¹⁹  they used supports ²⁰  to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground ²¹  on the Syrtis, ²²  they lowered the sea anchor, ²³  thus letting themselves be driven along.

Acts 20:13

The Voyage to Miletus

20:13 We went on ahead ²⁴  to the ship and put out to sea ²⁵  for Assos, ²⁶  intending ²⁷  to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. ²⁸  He ²⁹  himself was intending ³⁰  to go there by land. ³¹ 

Acts 21:3

21:3 After we sighted Cyprus ³²  and left it behind on our port side, ³³  we sailed on to Syria and put in ³⁴  at Tyre, ³⁵  because the ship was to unload its cargo there.

Acts 27:39

Paul is Shipwrecked

27:39 When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed ³⁶  a bay ³⁷  with a beach, ³⁸  where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

[21:2]  ¹ tn Grk “and finding.” The participle εὑρόντες (Jeuronte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun in the translation.

[21:2]  ² sn Phoenicia was the name of an area along the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine.

[21:2]  ³ tn Grk “going aboard, we put out to sea.” The participle ἐπιβάντες (epibante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[21:2]  ⁴ 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.”

[27:38]  ⁵ tn Or “When they had eaten their fill.”

[27:38]  ⁶ tn Or “grain.”

[21:6]  ⁹ tn BDAG 98 s.v. ἀπασπάζομαι has “take leave of, say farewell to τινά someone…ἀπησπασάμεθα ἀλλήλους we said farewell to one another Ac 21:6.”

[21:6]  ¹⁰ sn These words are part of v. 5 in the standard critical Greek text.

[21:6]  ¹¹ tn Grk “and.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation, and καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

[21:6]  ¹² tn Grk “to their own”; the word “homes” is implied.

[27:6]  ¹³ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[27:6]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “finding.” The participle εὑρών (Jeurwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[27:6]  ¹⁵ sn Alexandria (modern Alexandria) was a great city of northern Egypt which was a center for grain trade to Rome. Therefore this type of travel connection was common at the time. For a winter journey (considered hazardous) there were special bonuses and insurance provided (Suetonius, Life of Claudius 18.1-2).

[20:38]  ¹⁷ tn Or “pained.”

[20:38]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “by the word that he had said.”

[20:38]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “to see his face” (an idiom for seeing someone in person).

[20:38]  ²⁰ tn BDAG 873 s.v. προπέμπω 1 has “they accompanied him to the ship Ac 20:38.”

[27:17]  ²¹ tn Grk “After hoisting it up, they…”; the referent (the ship’s crew) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[27:17]  ²² tn The participle ἄραντες (arantes) has been taken temporally.

[27:17]  ²³ tn Possibly “ropes” or “cables”; Grk “helps” (a word of uncertain meaning; probably a nautical technical term, BDAG 180 s.v. βοήθεια 2).

[27:17]  ²⁴ tn BDAG 308 s.v. ἐκπίπτω 2 states, “drift off course, run aground, nautical term εἴς τι on someth….on the Syrtis 27:17.”

[27:17]  ²⁵ tn That is, on the sandbars and shallows of the Syrtis.

[27:17]  ²⁶ tn Or perhaps “mainsail.” The meaning of this word is uncertain. BDAG 927 s.v. σκεῦος 1 has “τὸ σκεῦος Ac 27:17 seems to be the kedge or driving anchor” while C. Maurer (TDNT 7:362) notes, “The meaning in Ac. 27:17: χαλάσαντες τὸ σκεῦος, is uncertain. Prob. the ref. is not so much to taking down the sails as to throwing the draganchor overboard to lessen the speed of the ship.” In spite of this L&N 6.1 states, “In Ac 27:17, for example, the reference of σκεῦος is generally understood to be the mainsail.” A reference to the sail is highly unlikely because in a storm of the force described in Ac 27:14, the sail would have been taken down and reefed immediately, to prevent its being ripped to shreds or torn away by the gale.

[20:13]  ²⁵ tn Grk “going on ahead.” The participle προελθόντες (proelqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[20:13]  ²⁶ 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.”

[20:13]  ²⁷ sn Assos was a city of Mysia about 24 mi (40 km) southeast of Troas.

[20:13]  ²⁸ tn BDAG 628 s.v. μέλλω 1.c.γ has “denoting an intended action: intend, propose, have in mind…Ac 17:31; 20:3, 7, 13ab; 23:15; 26:2; 27:30.”

[20:13]  ²⁹ tn Or “for he told us to do this.” Grk “for having arranged it this way, he.” The participle διατεταγμένος (diatetagmeno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. BDAG 237 s.v. διατάσσω 1 has “οὕτως διατεταγμένος ἦν he had arranged it so Ac 20:13.” L&N 15.224 has “‘he told us to do this.”

[20:13]  ³⁰ tn A new sentence was begun here in the translation because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence; in Greek this is part of the preceding sentence beginning “We went on ahead.”

[20:13]  ³¹ tn BDAG 628 s.v. μέλλω 1.c.γ has “denoting an intended action: intend, propose, have in mind…Ac 17:31; 20:3, 7, 13ab; 23:15; 26:2; 27:30.”

[20:13]  ³² tn Or “there on foot.”

[21:3]  ²⁹ sn Cyprus is a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.

[21:3]  ³⁰ sn The expression left it behind on our port side here means “sailed past to the south of it” since the ship was sailing east.

[21:3]  ³¹ tn BDAG 531 s.v. κατέρχομαι 2 states, “arrive, put in, nautical t.t. of ships and those who sail in them, who ‘come down’ fr. the ‘high seas’…ἔις τι at someth. a harbor 18:22; 21:3; 27:5.”

[21:3]  ³² sn Tyre was a city and seaport on the coast of Phoenicia. From Patara to Tyre was about 400 mi (640 km). It required a large cargo ship over 100 ft (30 m) long, and was a four to five day voyage.

[27:39]  ³³ tn Or “observed,” “saw.”

[27:39]  ³⁴ tn Or “gulf” (BDAG 557 s.v. κόλπος 3).

[27:39]  ³⁵ sn A beach would refer to a smooth sandy beach suitable for landing.