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THE MESSAGE
Acts 16:11
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From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,
Therfore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis:
Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis,
So after setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis;
We left Troas and sailed straight to the island of Samothrace. The next day we sailed to Neapolis.
So setting sail from Troas, we ran a direct course to Samothrace, and the next day [went on] to Neapolis;
So putting out to sea from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis;
So setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis;
We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
We sailed straight from Troas to Samothrace, and the next day we arrived in Neapolis.
Sailing from Troas, we made a straight run to Samothrace; the next day we went to Neapolis;
Having sailed therefore away from Troas, we went in a straight course to Samothracia, and on the morrow to Neapolis,
We left Troas in a ship and sailed to the island of Samothrace. The next day we sailed to the city of Neapolis.
Then went we forth from Troas, and with a straight course came to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis,
When we sailed from Tro''as, we came in a direct course to Sam-o-thra''cia, and from thence on the following day, we came to the city Ne-ap''o-lis;
We left by ship from Troas and sailed straight across to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis.
So putting out to sea from Troas, we sailed a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis,
Then having set sail from Troas, we ran a straight course into Samothrace, and on the morrow into Neapolis,
Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
So, from Troas we went straight by ship to Samothrace and the day after to Neapolis;
Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
Sailing from Troas, we went straight to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,
And we went from Troas and proceeded directly to Samuthracia, and from thence the day after we came to Neapolis the city,
And we sailed from Troas, and came direct to Samothrace; and from there, on the following day, we came to the city Neapolis.
When we loosed foorth then from Troada, we came with a strayght course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis:
Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
Sailing therefore from Troas, we ran with a strait course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis:
Accordingly we put out to sea from Troas, and ran a straight course to Samothrace. The next day we came to Neapolis,
And we yeden bi schip fro Troade, and camen to Samatrachia with streiyt cours; and the dai suynge to Neapolis;
And setting sail from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next [day] to Neapolis;
We put out to sea from Troas and sailed a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,
Therefore, sailing from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day came to Neapolis,
We boarded a boat at Troas and sailed straight across to the island of Samothrace, and the next day we landed at Neapolis.
We took a ship from the city of Troas to the city of Samothracia. The next day we went to the city of Neapolis.
We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis,
Setting sail, therefore, from Troas, we ran straight into Samothracia, and, on the morrow, unto New City,
And sailing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the day following to Neapolis.
Setting sail therefore from Tro'as, we made a direct voyage to Sam'othrace, and the following day to Ne-ap'olis,
Then lowsed we forth from Troada and with a strayght course came to Samothracia and the nexte daye to Neapolim
having set sail, therefore, from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, on the morrow also to Neapolis,
The departed we from Troada, and came the straight course vnto Samothracia, on the nexte daye to Neapolis,
and sail'd directly to Samothracia, and the next day landed at Neapolis.
We got on the boat at Troas and sailed quickly to the island of Samothrace. The next day we reached Neapolis.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: Acts 16:8 - Troas Acts 20:5 - Troas 2 Timothy 4:13 - Troas
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But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.
God said, "I've taken a good, long look at the affliction of my people in Egypt. I've heard their cries for deliverance from their slave masters; I know all about their pain. And now I have come down to help them, pry them loose from the grip of Egypt, get them out of that country and bring them to a good land with wide-open spaces, a land lush with milk and honey, the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
"The Israelite cry for help has come to me, and I've seen for myself how cruelly they're being treated by the Egyptians. It's time for you to go back: I'm sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the People of Israel, out of Egypt."
Before the year was out, Hannah had conceived and given birth to a son. She named him Samuel, explaining, "I asked God for him."
But the angel reassured him, "Don't fear, Zachariah. Your prayer has been heard. Elizabeth, your wife, will bear a son by you. You are to name him John. You're going to leap like a gazelle for joy, and not only you—many will delight in his birth. He'll achieve great stature with God. "He'll drink neither wine nor beer. He'll be filled with the Holy Spirit from the moment he leaves his mother's womb. He will turn many sons and daughters of Israel back to their God. He will herald God's arrival in the style and strength of Elijah, soften the hearts of parents to children, and kindle devout understanding among hardened skeptics—he'll get the people ready for God." Zachariah said to the angel, "Do you expect me to believe this? I'm an old man and my wife is an old woman." But the angel said, "I am Gabriel, the sentinel of God, sent especially to bring you this glad news. But because you won't believe me, you'll be unable to say a word until the day of your son's birth. Every word I've spoken to you will come true on time—God's time." Meanwhile, the congregation waiting for Zachariah was getting restless, wondering what was keeping him so long in the sanctuary. When he came out and couldn't speak, they knew he had seen a vision. He continued speechless and had to use sign language with the people. When the course of his priestly assignment was completed, he went back home. It wasn't long before his wife, Elizabeth, conceived. She went off by herself for five months, relishing her pregnancy. "So, this is how God acts to remedy my unfortunate condition!" she said. In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the Galilean village of Nazareth to a virgin engaged to be married to a man descended from David. His name was Joseph, and the virgin's name, Mary. Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her: Good morning! You're beautiful with God's beauty, Beautiful inside and out! God be with you. She was thoroughly shaken, wondering what was behind a greeting like that. But the angel assured her, "Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and call his name Jesus. He will be great, be called ‘Son of the Highest.' The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David; He will rule Jacob's house forever— no end, ever, to his kingdom." Mary said to the angel, "But how? I've never slept with a man." The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God. "And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone called her barren, and here she is six months pregnant! Nothing, you see, is impossible with God." And Mary said, Yes, I see it all now: I'm the Lord's maid, ready to serve. Let it be with me just as you say. Then the angel left her. Mary didn't waste a minute. She got up and traveled to a town in Judah in the hill country, straight to Zachariah's house, and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby in her womb leaped. She was filled with the Holy Spirit, and sang out exuberantly, You're so blessed among women, and the babe in your womb, also blessed! And why am I so blessed that the mother of my Lord visits me? The moment the sound of your greeting entered my ears, The babe in my womb skipped like a lamb for sheer joy. Blessed woman, who believed what God said, believed every word would come true! And Mary said, I'm bursting with God-news; I'm dancing the song of my Savior God. God took one good look at me, and look what happened— I'm the most fortunate woman on earth! What God has done for me will never be forgotten, the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others. His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him. He bared his arm and showed his strength, scattered the bluffing braggarts. He knocked tyrants off their high horses, pulled victims out of the mud. The starving poor sat down to a banquet; the callous rich were left out in the cold. He embraced his chosen child, Israel; he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high. It's exactly what he promised, beginning with Abraham and right up to now. Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months and then went back to her own home. When Elizabeth was full-term in her pregnancy, she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives, seeing that God had overwhelmed her with mercy, celebrated with her. On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling him Zachariah after his father. But his mother intervened: "No. He is to be called John." "But," they said, "no one in your family is named that." They used sign language to ask Zachariah what he wanted him named. Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God! A deep, reverential fear settled over the neighborhood, and in all that Judean hill country people talked about nothing else. Everyone who heard about it took it to heart, wondering, "What will become of this child? Clearly, God has his hand in this." Then Zachariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he came and set his people free. He set the power of salvation in the center of our lives, and in the very house of David his servant, Just as he promised long ago through the preaching of his holy prophets: Deliverance from our enemies and every hateful hand; Mercy to our fathers, as he remembers to do what he said he'd do, What he swore to our father Abraham— a clean rescue from the enemy camp, So we can worship him without a care in the world, made holy before him as long as we live. And you, my child, "Prophet of the Highest," will go ahead of the Master to prepare his ways, Present the offer of salvation to his people, the forgiveness of their sins. Through the heartfelt mercies of our God, God's Sunrise will break in upon us, Shining on those in the darkness, those sitting in the shadow of death, Then showing us the way, one foot at a time, down the path of peace. The child grew up, healthy and spirited. He lived out in the desert until the day he made his prophetic debut in Israel.
Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Therefore loosing from Troas,.... Or setting sail from thence, which, as before observed, was the Hellespont; which was a narrow sea that divided Asia from Europe, now called Stretto di Gallipoii, or Bracci di St. Georgio: and so Pliny q speaking of Troas says, it lies near the Hellespont; and Jerom r calls it a maritime city of Asia; and it further appears to be on the sea coast, by what is said in Acts 20:6, for from Philippi hither, the apostle and his company sailed in five days, and from hence they sailed to Assos, Acts 20:6
we came with a straight course to Samothracia; which was an island in the Aegean sea, or Archipelago: it was formerly called Dardania s, from Dardanus the, son of Jupiter by Electra, who fled hither from Italy, upon killing his brother Jasius; it had its name of Samothracia, from Thracia, near to which it was, and from the Samians who inhabited it; and it was called Samothracia to distinguish it from the island Samos in the Ionian sea; it is now called Samandrachi: Jerom t calls it an island in the gulf of Pagasa; of this island of Samothracia, Pliny says u, that it was free before Hebrus, was thirty two miles from Imbrus, twenty two and a half from Lemnus, thirty eight, from the shore of Thracia, and in circumference thirty two--and that it is fullest of good havens of any in those parts; and adds, that Callimachus calls it by its ancient name Dardania; it seems it was also called Leucosia, or Leucadia, because to spectators at a distance it looked white: according to w Herodotus the Pelasgi first inhabited Samothracia, who with the Athenians dwelt there, and from them the Samothracians received their sacred rites and mysteries; for this island was famous for the worship of the Cabiri, or chief deities of the Gentiles, particularly Ceres, Proserpina, Pluto, Mercury, and the two brothers Castor and Pollux, Neptune, and all the sea gods; insomuch that it was called "the holy island" x, and persons of other nations, and even of the greatest figure, were initiated into the mysteries of the Samothracians, which Pliny y calls the most holy; for speaking of Venus, Potho, and Phaeton, adds, who are worshipped with the most holy ceremonies of Samothracia. The apostle did not stay to preach the Gospel in this place, nor do we read of its being preached here by him at any other time, or by any other, nor of any church in this place in after ages in ecclesiastical history. The apostle and his companions are said to come hither, "with a straight course"; not only because they might have a fair gale, which brought them at once hither; but because when they were over the Hellespont, this island lay directly in their way, in a straight line to Macedonia:
and the next day to Neapolis; the Alexandrian copy reads, "the new city", as the word signifies; hence the Ethiopic version by way of interpretation renders it, "the next day we came to the new city, the name of which is Neapolis": according to Ptolomy, it was a sea port of Edonis, a part of Macedonia, and was upon the borders of Thrace; it is now called Christopoli; and was not Neapolis in Campania, nor Sychem in Samaria, which is so called, but was at a great distance from either of these. Pliny places it in Thracia, as he also does Edonis, and even Philippi z. Jerom calls a it a city of Caria, but wrongly: and though we have no account of the apostles preaching in this place, and of making converts, neither now nor at any other time; yet it appears even in after ages that here was a church in this place: in the "sixth" century the bishop of it was sent to the fifth Roman synod; and in the "seventh" century one Andreas was bishop of this place, who was in the sixth synod at Constantinople b.
q Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 30. r De locis Hebraicis, fol. 96. K. s Pausanias Achaica, sive, l. 7. p. 403. Ptolom. Geograph. l. 3. c. 11. t Ib. fol. 96. I. u Nat. Hist. l. 4. c. 12. w Euterpe, c. 51. x L. Attilius in Liv. Hist. l. 45. c. 5. y Nat. Hist. l. 36. c. 5. z Ib. l. 4. c. 11, a De locis Hebraicis, fol. 96. F. b Magdeburg. Hist. Eccl cent. 6. c. 2. p. 7. cent. 7. c. 10. p. 258.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Loosing from Troas - Setting sail from this place.
To Samothracia - This was an island in the Aegean Sea not far from Thrace. It was populated by inhabitants from Samos and from Thrace, and hence called Samothracia. It was about 20 miles in circumference, and was an asylum for fugitives and criminals.
And the next day to Nepalese - This was a maritime city of Macedonia, near the borders of Thrace. It was about 10 miles from Philippi.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 16:11. Loosing from Troas — Setting sail from this place.
With a straight course to Samothracia — This was an island of the AEgean Sea, contiguous to Thrace, and hence called Samothracia, or the Thracian Samos. It is about twenty miles in circumference, and is now called Samandrachi by the Turks, who are its present masters.
And the next day to Neapolis. — There were many cities of this name; but this was a sea-port town of Macedonia, a few miles eastward of Philippi. Neapolis signifies the new city.
