Act 21:15 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 15. After those days . After what had occurred, as related in the previous verses. We took up our carriages . This is a most unhappy translation. The word carriage we apply now exclusively to a vehicle for conveying anything--as a coach, chariot, gig, cannon-carriage, etc. The original word means simply, that they prepared themselves; made themselves ready; put their baggage in order, etc. αποσκευασαμενοι. They prepared for the journey. The English word carriage was formerly used in the sense of that which is carried --baggage, burden, vessels, furniture, etc. Thus it was used in the time that our translation was made; and in this sense it is to be understood in , "And David left his carriage (baggage) in the hand of the keeper of the carriage," etc. See , margin. , "At Michmash he hath laid up his carriages," [his baggage, etc.] (*) "carriages" "Baggage"

Acts 21:15

Verse 15. After those days. After what had occurred, as related in the previous verses.

We took up our carriages. This is a most unhappy translation. The word carriage we apply now exclusively to a vehicle for conveying anything--as a coach, chariot, gig, cannon-carriage, etc. The original word means simply, that they prepared themselves; made themselves ready; put their baggage in order, etc. αποσκευασαμενοι. They prepared for the journey. The English word carriage was formerly used in the sense of that which is carried --baggage, burden, vessels, furniture, etc. Thus it was used in the time that our translation was made; and in this sense it is to be understood in 1Sam 17:22, "And David left his carriage (baggage) in the hand of the keeper of the carriage," etc. See Acts 21:20, margin. Isa 10:28, "At Michmash he hath laid up his carriages," [his baggage, etc.]

(*) "carriages" "Baggage"