Act 20:15 | NETfull | 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 ^{▼▼ 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. ^{▼▼ Or “offshore from Chios.”} ^{▼▼ 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 ^{▼▼ 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, ^{▼▼ Samos is an island in the Aegean Sea off the western coast of Asia Minor.} and the day after that we arrived at Miletus. ^{▼▼ 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).}