Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 21]
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21:1 {Were parted from them} (\apospasthentas ap' aut•n\). First
aorist passive participle of \apospa•\ same verb as in 20:30; Lu
22:41. {Had set sail} (\anachth•nai\). First aorist passive of
\anag•\, the usual verb to put out (up) to sea as in verse 2
(\an•chth•men\). {We came with a straight course}
(\euthudrom•santes •lthomen\). The same verb (aorist active
participle of \euthudrome•\) used by Luke in 16:11 of the
voyage from Troas to Samothrace and Neapolis, which see. {Unto
Cos} (\eis t•n Ko\). Standing today, about forty nautical miles
south from Miletus, island famous as the birthplace of
Hippocrates and Apelles with a great medical school. Great
trading place with many Jews. {The next day} (\t•i hex•s\).
Locative case with \h•mer•i\ (day) understood. The adverb \hex•s\
is from \ech•\ (future \hex•\) and means successively or in
order. This is another one of Luke's ways of saying "on the next
day" (cf. three others in 20:15). {Unto Rhodes} (\eis t•n
Rhodon\). Called the island of roses. The sun shone most days and
made roses luxuriant. The great colossus which represented the
sun, one of the seven wonders of the world, was prostrate at this
time. The island was at the entrance to the Aegean Sea and had a
great university, especially for rhetoric and oratory. There was
great commerce also. {Unto Patara} (\eis Patara\). A seaport on
the Lycian coast on the left bank of the Xanthus. It once had an
oracle of Apollo which rivalled that at Delphi. This was the
course taken by hundreds of ships every season.
21:2 {Having found a ship} (\heurontes ploion\). Paul had used a
small coasting vessel (probably hired) that anchored each night
at Cos, Rhodes, Patara. He was still some four hundred miles from
Jerusalem. But at Patara Paul caught a large vessel (a
merchantman) that could sail across the open sea. {Crossing over
unto Phoenicia} (\diaper•n eis Phoinik•n\). Neuter singular
accusative (agreeing with \ploion\) present active participle of
\diapera•\, old verb to go between (\dia\) and so across to Tyre.
{We went aboard} (\epibantes\). Second aorist active participle
of \epibain•\.
21:3 {When we had come in sight of Cyprus} (\anaphanantes t•n
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Acts: Chapter 21)