Acts 16:11

Arrival at Philippi

16:11 We put out to sea from Troas and sailed a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,


tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”

sn Troas was a port city (and surrounding region) on the northwest coast of Asia Minor. See v. 8.

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.”

sn Samothrace is an island in the northern part of the Aegean Sea.

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