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Andκαὶhaving foundεὑρόντεςa shipπλοῖονcrossing overδιαπερῶνtoεἰςPhoenicia,Φοινίκηνwe went aboardἐπιβάντεςandset sail.ἀνήχθημεν
Acts 21:2
Study it in the app“And having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 21:2, word by word
- having foundεὑρόντεςheurontes
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heurontes” appears- a shipπλοῖονploion
boat
Boat.
Where else “ploion” appears- crossing overδιαπερῶνdiaperōn
cross over
Cross over to the other side.
Where else “diaperōn” appears- PhoeniciaΦοινίκηνPhoinikēn
Phoenicia
Phoenicia, the coastal strip north of Galilee, with the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
Where else “Phoinikēn” appears- we went aboardἐπιβάντεςepibantes
mount, board, arrive
Mount, get up on an animal; board a ship; set foot in, arrive.
Where else “epibantes” appears- set sailἀνήχθημενanēchthēmen
set sail
To set out to sea by boat.
Where else “anēchthēmen” appears
The context
1And when it happened that we set sail, having torn ourselves away from them, running a straight course we came to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
2 · This verse (above)
3And when we had sighted Cyprus and left it on the left, we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was unloading its cargo.
To study Acts 21 in a group
1. What it says
What does the prophet Agabus do, and what do the believers who hear him ask of Paul? (vv. 10-12)
2. What it means
What does Paul answer those who weep to keep him from going up to Jerusalem, and how do they react? (vv. 13-14)
3. How I live it
Paul's friends wanted to protect him, but in the end said "The Lord's will be done" (v. 14). When is it hard for you to let someone you love go?