Act 27:2 | NET2full | STEP | We went on board a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to various ports along the coast of the province of Asia and put out to sea , accompanied by Aristarchus , a Macedonian from Thessalonica .

‏ Acts 27:2

2 We went on board ^{▼▼tn Grk “Going on board.” The participle ἐπιβάντες (epibantes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.} a ship from Adramyttium ^{▼▼sn Adramyttium was a seaport in Mysia on the western coast of Asia Minor.} that was about to sail to various ports ^{▼▼tn Grk “places.”} along the coast of the province of Asia ^{▼▼tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia. The Roman province of Asia made up about one-third of modern Asia Minor and was on the western side of it. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.} and put out to sea, ^{▼▼tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4 states, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”} ^{▼▼sn Although not explicitly stated, the ship put out to sea from the port of Caesarea (where the previous events had taken place (cf. 25:13) and then sailed along the Asiatic coast (the first stop was Sidon, v. 3).} accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian ^{▼▼sn A Macedonian. The city of Thessalonica (modern Salonica) was in the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.} from Thessalonica.