Discovery BoxActs 21:2 
Context21:2 We found 1 a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, 2 went aboard, 3 and put out to sea. 4
Acts 11:19
Context11:19 Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen 5 went as far as 6 Phoenicia, 7 Cyprus, 8 and Antioch, 9 speaking the message 10 to no one but Jews.
Acts 15:3
Context15:3 So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia 11 and Samaria, they were relating at length 12 the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy 13 to all the brothers.
1 tn 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.
2 sn Phoenicia was the name of an area along the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine.
3 tn 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.
4 tn 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.”
5 sn The phrase over Stephen means in connection with Stephen’s death. See Acts 8:1b-3.
6 tn Or “finally reached.” The translations “went as far as” and “finally reached” for διῆλθον (dihlqon) in this verse are given in L&N 15.17.
7 sn Phoenicia was an area along the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine.
8 tn Grk “and Cyprus,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
sn Cyprus was a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.
9 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). This was probably the third largest city in the Greco-Roman world (Alexandria in Egypt was the second largest, and Rome the largest) and was the seat of government in Syria. Five miles away was a major temple to Artemis, Apollo, and Astarte, major pagan deities.
map For location see JP1 F2; JP2 F2; JP3 F2; JP4 F2.
10 tn Grk “word.”
11 sn Phoenicia was an area along the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine in ancient Syria.
12 tn L&N 33.201 indicates that ἐκδιηγέομαι (ekdihgeomai) means to provide detailed information in a systematic manner, “to inform, to relate, to tell fully.” “Relating at length” conveys this effectively in the present context.
13 tn For ἐποίουν (epoioun) in this verse BDAG 839 s.v. ποιέω 2.c has “they brought joy to the members.”
