Acts 16:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

Acts 16:11 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 21:1
And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
Acts 16:8
And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.

Topics

Lucas Luke Minister, Christian Neapolis Samothracia (samothrace)Troas

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-15)

In these verses we have, I. Paul’s travels up and down to do good. 1. He and Silas his colleague went throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, where, it should seem, the gospel was already planted, but whether by Paul’s hand or no is not mentioned; it is likely it was, for in his epistle to the Galatians he speaks of his preaching the gospel to them at the first, and how very acceptable he wa…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11-12. Therefore loosing from Troas, we came--literally, “ran.” with a straight course--that is, “ran before the wind.” to Samothracia--a lofty island on the Thracian coast, north from Troas, with an inclination westward. The wind must have set in strong from the south or south-southeast to bring them there so soon, as the current is strong in the opposite direction, and they afterwards took five…