Acts 21:5-8

21:5 When ¹  our time was over, ²  we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied ³  us outside of the city. After ⁴  kneeling down on the beach and praying, ⁵  21:6 we said farewell ⁶  to one another. ⁷  Then ⁸  we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes. ⁹  21:7 We continued the voyage from Tyre ¹⁰  and arrived at Ptolemais, ¹¹  and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day. 21:8 On the next day we left ¹²  and came to Caesarea, ¹³  and entered ¹⁴  the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, ¹⁵  and stayed with him.

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¹ tn Grk “It happened that when.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

² tn Grk “When our days were over.” L&N 67.71 has “ὅτε δὲ ἐγένετο ἡμᾶς ἐξαρτίσαι τὰς ἡμέρας ‘when we brought that time to an end’ or ‘when our time with them was over’ Ac 21:5.”

³ tn Grk “accompanying.” Due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation and the participle προπεμπόντων (propempontwn) translated as a finite verb.

⁴ tn Grk “city, and after.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

⁵ sn On praying in Acts, see 1:14, 24; 2:47; 4:23; 6:6; 10:2; 12:5, 12; 13:3; 16:25.

⁶ 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.”

⁷ sn These words are part of v. 5 in the standard critical Greek text.

⁸ 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.

⁹ tn Grk “to their own”; the word “homes” is implied.

¹⁰ sn Tyre was a city and seaport on the coast of Phoenicia.

¹¹ sn Ptolemais was a seaport on the coast of Palestine about 30 mi (48 km) south of Tyre.

¹² tn Grk “On the next day leaving, we came.” The participle ἐξελθόντες (exelqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹³ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. This was another 40 mi (65 km).

map For location see Map2-C1; Map4-B3; Map5-F2; Map7-A1; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁴ tn Grk “and entering…we stayed.” The participle εἰσελθόντες (eiselqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹⁵ sn Philip was one of the seven deacons appointed in the Jerusalem church (Acts 6:1-7).