Act 20:15 | NET2full | STEP | We set sail from there , and on the following day we arrived off Chios . The next day we approached Samos , and the day after that we arrived at Miletus .

‏ Acts 20:15

15 We set sail ^{▼▼tn Grk “setting sail from there.” The participle ἀποπλεύσαντες (apopleusantes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.} from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. ^{▼▼tn Or “offshore from Chios.”} ^{▼▼sn Chios was an island in the Aegean Sea off the western coast of Asia Minor with a city of the same name.} The next day we approached ^{▼▼tn Or “crossed over to,” “arrived at.” L&N 54.12 has “παραβάλλω: (a technical, nautical term) to sail up to or near—‘to approach, to arrive at, to sail to.’ παρεβάλομεν εἰς Σάμον ‘we approached Samos’ or ‘we arrived at Samos’ Ac 20:15.”} Samos, ^{▼▼sn Samos is an island in the Aegean Sea off the western coast of Asia Minor.} and the day after that we arrived at Miletus. ^{▼▼sn Miletus was a seaport on the western coast of Asia Minor about 40 mi (70 km) south of Ephesus. From Mitylene to Miletus was about 125 mi (200 km).}