Acts 21:6

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

Acts 21:12

21:12 When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Acts 27:5

27:5 After we had sailed across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia. 10 

Acts 28:10

28:10 They also bestowed many honors, 11  and when we were preparing to sail, 12  they gave 13  us all the supplies we needed. 14 


tn BDAG 98 s.v. ἀπασπάζομαι has “take leave of, say farewell to τινά someoneἀπησπασάμεθα ἀλλήλους we said farewell to one another Ac 21:6.”

sn These words are part of v. 5 in the standard critical Greek text.

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.

tn Grk “to their own”; the word “homes” is implied.

tn Or “the people there.”

tn Grk “the depths,” the deep area of a sea far enough from land that it is not protected by the coast (L&N 1.73).

sn Pamphylia was a province in the southern part of Asia Minor; it was west of Cilicia (see BDAG 753 s.v. Παμφυλία).

tn BDAG 531 s.v. κατέρχομαι 2 states, “Of ships and those who sail in them, who ‘come down’ fr. the ‘high seas’: arrive, put in…ἔις τι at someth. a harbor 18:22; 21:3; 27:5.”

sn Myra was a city on the southern coast of Lycia in Asia Minor. This journey from Sidon (v. 3) was 440 mi (700 km) and took about 15 days.

10 sn Lycia was the name of a peninsula on the southern coast of Asia Minor between Caria and Pamphylia.

11 tn Or “they also honored us greatly”; Grk “they also honored us with many honors” (an idiom).

12 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.” In this case the simpler English “sail” is more appropriate. The English participle “preparing” has also been supplied, since the provisioning of the ship would take place some time before the actual departure.

13 tn BDAG 384 s.v. ἐπιτίθημι 1.b has “give τινί τι someth. to someoneἀναγομένοις τὰ πρὸς τὰς χρείας when we sailed they gave us what we needed Ac 28:10.”

14 sn They gave us all the supplies we needed. What they had lost in the storm and shipwreck was now replaced. Luke describes these pagans very positively.