Acts 21:2

Context
21:2 We found¹ a ship crossing over to Phoenicia,² went aboard,³ and put out to sea.⁴

Acts 28:11

Context

Paul Finally Reaches Rome

28:11 After three months we put out to sea⁵ in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island and had the “Heavenly Twins”⁶ as its figurehead.⁷

Acts 27:2

Context
27:2 We went on board⁸ a ship from Adramyttium⁹ that was about to sail to various ports¹⁰ along the coast of the province of Asia¹¹ and put out to sea,¹² accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian¹³ from Thessalonica.¹⁴

Acts 20:13

Context

The Voyage to Miletus

20:13 We went on ahead¹⁵ to the ship and put out to sea¹⁶ for Assos,¹⁷ intending¹⁸ to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way.¹⁹ He²⁰ himself was intending²¹ to go there by land.²²

[21:2] ¹tn 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] ²sn Phoenicia was the name of an area along the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine.

[21:2] ³tn 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] ⁴tn 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.”

[28:11] ⁵tn 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.”

[28:11] ⁶tn Or “the ‘Twin Gods’”; Grk “the Dioscuri” (a joint name for the pagan deities Castor and Pollux).

[28:11] ⁷tn Or “as its emblem.”

[27:2] ⁹tn Grk “Going on board.” The participle ἐπιβάντες (epibante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[27:2] ¹⁰sn Adramyttium was a seaport in Mysia on the western coast of Asia Minor.

[27:2] ¹¹tn Grk “places.”

[27:2] ¹²tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.

[27:2] ¹³tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4 states, “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.”

[27:2] ¹⁴sn A Macedonian. The city of Thessalonica (modern Salonica) was in the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[27:2] ¹⁵map For location see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1.

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

[20:13] ¹⁴tn 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] ¹⁵sn Assos was a city of Mysia about 24 mi (40 km) southeast of Troas.

[20:13] ¹⁶tn 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] ¹⁷tn 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] ¹⁸tn 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] ¹⁹tn 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] ²⁰tn Or “there on foot.”