² sn Joppa was a seaport on the Philistine coast, in the same location as modern Jaffa.

³ sn Sharon refers to the plain of Sharon, a region along the coast of Palestine.

² sn Azotus was a city on the coast of southern Palestine, known as Ashdod in OT times.

² tn Or “the coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah.”

⁴ sn Sharon was a fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast. See 35:2.

¹⁰ sn Di Zahab. Perhaps this refers to Mina al-Dhahab on the eastern Sinai coast.

⁵ sn Lycia was the name of a peninsula on the southern coast of Asia Minor between Caria and Pamphylia.

² sn Ptolemais was a seaport on the coast of Palestine about 30 mi (48 km) south of Tyre.

¹ sn Miletus was a seaport on the western coast of Asia Minor about 45 mi (72 km) south of Ephesus.

² sn Troas was a port city (and surrounding region) on the northwest coast of Asia Minor. See v. 8.

⁵ sn Neapolis was a seaport on the southern coast of Macedonia. It was 10 mi (16 km) from Philippi.

³ sn Troas was a port city (and surrounding region) on the northwest coast of Asia Minor, near ancient Troy.

² sn Paphos was a city on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. See Acts 13:6.

² sn Paphos. A city on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. It was the seat of the Roman proconsul.

³ sn The Cyrenian refers to a native of the city of Cyrene, on the coast of northern Africa west of Egypt.

¹ sn Sharon was a plain located to the west, along the Mediterranean coast north of Joppa and south of Carmel.

³ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

⁴ tn L&N 54.8, “παραλέγομαι: (a technical, nautical term) to sail along beside some object—‘to sail along the coast, to sail along the shore.’…‘they sailed along the coast of Crete’ Ac 27:13.” With the addition of the adverb ἆσσον (asson) this becomes “sailed close along the coast of Crete.”

¹ tn Grk “sailing along the coast…we came.” The participle παραλεγόμενοι (paralegomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. L&N 54.8, “παραλέγομαι: (a technical, nautical term) to sail along beside some object—‘to sail along the coast, to sail along the shore.’…‘they sailed along the coast of Crete’ Ac 27:13.”

² sn Syracuse was a city on the eastern coast of the island of Sicily. It was 75 mi (120 km) from Malta.