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from thereὅθενweighing anchorπεριελόντεςwe arrivedκατηντήσαμενatεἰςRhegium;Ῥήγιονandκαὶafterμετὰoneμίανdayἡμέρανa south windνότουsprang upἐπιγενομένουandon the second dayδευτεραῖοιwe cameἤλθομενtoεἰςPuteoli,Ποτιόλους
Acts 28:13
Study it in the app“from there weighing anchor we arrived at Rhegium; and after one day a south wind sprang up and on the second day we came to Puteoli,”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 28:13, word by word
- from thereὅθενhothen
from where
From the place one comes from.
Where else “hothen” appears- weighing anchorπεριελόντεςperielontes
cast off
Cut loose the anchors and sail.
Where else “perielontes” appears- we arrivedκατηντήσαμενkatēntēsamen
arrive
To end a journey at a city or place.
Where else “katēntēsamen” appears- RhegiumῬήγιονRhēgion
Rhegium
Rhegium, a city at the southern tip of Italy.
Where else “Rhēgion” appears- oneμίανmian
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “mian” appears- dayἡμέρανhēmeran
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeran” appears- a south windνότουnotou
south wind
South wind.
Where else “notou” appears- sprang upἐπιγενομένουepigenomenou
arise, come on
Arise, come on; of a wind, spring up.
Where else “epigenomenou” appears- on the second dayδευτεραῖοιdeuteraioi
on the second day
On the second day, after one day.
Where else “deuteraioi” appears- we cameἤλθομενēlthomen
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “ēlthomen” appears- PuteoliΠοτιόλουςPotiolous
Puteoli
Puteoli, a port of Italy near present-day Naples.
Where else “Potiolous” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Other manuscripts read “sailing along the coast.”
The context
12And putting in at Syracuse, we stayed three days;
13 · This verse (above)
14where we found brothers and were urged to stay with them seven days; and so we came to Rome.
To study Acts 28 in a group
1. What it says
How did the people of Malta treat the shipwrecked, and what happened to Paul and the viper? (vv. 1-6)
2. What it means
The last verses say Paul proclaimed the kingdom of God "without hindrance" (vv. 30-31). What does it suggest to you that the book ends this way?
3. How I live it
The people of the island welcomed strangers with kindness (v. 2). Whom could you welcome or help this week?