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Acts 16:11

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Arrival at Philippi

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. (. 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.



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