The Acts of the Apostles

CHRONOLOGICAL DATA 13
journey from Philippi to Troas occupied 5 days,
7 days were spent in Troas, x days in the voyage to
Mitylene, 1 day at Chios, 1 day to Samos, 1 day to
Miletus, X days in Miletus, 1 day to Cos, 1 day to
Rhodes, x days to Patara, x days from Patara
to Tyre, 7 days in Tyre, 1 day to Ptolemais, 1 day
in Ptolemais, 1 day to Caesarea, " several " days in
Cassarea, x days in the journey from Cassarea to
Jerusalem. Thus a period of 27 days is given, while
about 17 days are left for the six indefinite periods.
The voyage from Troas to Mitylene would probably
last one day ; in Miletus also St. Paul probably halted
for only one day, otherwise he could have gone him-
self to Ephesus ; from Rhodes to Patara would take
one day ; from Patara to Tyre the voyage would last
at least five days (Chrysostom), from Caesarea to
Jerusalem would be a journey of two days. Thus six
to seven days are left for the stay in Caesarea. We
are not, of course, expressly told that St. Paul really
reached Jerusalem in time for the feast ; but we may
assume this as probable (Weiss contests this point;
but in this case would it have been thought worth
while to mention St. PauPs plan in the narrative ?),
In Jerusalem St. Paul stayed scarcely a week, then he
was conveyed to Caesarea. It is, moreover, worthy of
note that St. Luke did not himself count up the days,
otherwise he would not have left so many items of
the sum indefinite.
3. In addition to these two great groups of chrono-
logical statements there still remains two smaller
groups, namely, the four dates by days in the story
of Cornelius (chap, x.)— these are insignificant and