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Andδὲwhenὡςhe metσυνέβαλλενusἡμῖνatεἰςAssos,τὴν Ἆσσονwe took him on boardἀναλαβόντες αὐτὸνandcameἤλθομενtoεἰςMitylene.Μιτυλήνην
Acts 20:14
Study it in the app“And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 20:14, word by word
- he metσυνέβαλλενsyneballen
meet
Come upon someone, or face them in war.
Where else “syneballen” appears- AssosἎσσονAsson
Assos
Assos, a port of the province of Asia, opposite the island of Lesbos.
Where else “Asson” appears- we took him on boardἀναλαβόντεςanalabontes
take up
To lift something to carry it, or take someone aboard to go with him.
Where else “analabontes” appears- cameἤλθομενēlthomen
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “ēlthomen” appears- MityleneΜιτυλήνηνMitylēnēn
Mitylene
Mitylene, the chief city of the island of Lesbos.
Where else “Mitylēnēn” appears
The context
13But we went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending to take aboard Paul there; for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.
14 · This verse (above)
15And from there we sailed and on the following day arrived opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos; and the day after we came to Miletus.
To study Acts 20 in a group
1. What it says
What happens to Eutychus while Paul speaks for so long, and how does the night end? (vv. 7-12)
2. What it means
In his farewell to the Ephesian elders, Paul recalls Jesus' words about giving. What do they say, and why does he quote them? (vv. 33-35)
3. How I live it
Paul worked with his hands to help the weak (vv. 34-35). What can you give someone today, in time or attention?