Acts 21:2

And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
finding	εὑρόντες heurontes	G2147	to find (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine
ship	πλοῖον ploion	G4143	a sailer · noun — accusative singular neuter
over	διαπερῶν diaperōn	G1276	to cross entirely · verb — present active participle, accusative singular neuter
unto	εἰς eis	G1519	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
Phenicia	Φοινίκην Phoinikēn	G5403	palm-country · noun — accusative singular feminine, a place
aboard	ἐπιβάντες epibantes	G1910	to walk upon · verb — second aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine
forth	ἀνήχθημεν. anēchthēmen	G321	to lead up · verb — aorist passive indicative, 1st person plural

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Cross-references

Jonah 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he…
Acts 11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, pre…
Acts 15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they ca…
Acts 27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 21:1-7

We may observe here, I. How much ado Paul had to get clear from Ephesus, intimated in the first words of the chapter, after we had gotten from them, that is, were drawn from them as by violence. It was a force put upon both sides; Paul was loth to leave them, and they were loth to part with him, and yet there was no remedy, but so it must be. When good people are taken away by death, they are, as it were, gotten from their friends here below, who struggled hard to have detained them if possible. II. What a prosperous voyage they had thence. Without any difficulty, they came with a straight course, by direct sailing, to Coos, a famous Grecian island, - the next day to Rhodes, talked of for th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 21:2

And finding a ship--their former one going no farther, probably. to PhÅ“nica--(See on Act 11:19). went abroad--One would almost think this extracted from a journal of the voyage, so graphic are its details.

Adam Clarke on Acts 21:2

Phoenicia - A part of Syria. See the note on Act 11:19.

John Gill on Acts 21:2

And finding a ship sailing over unto Phoenicia,.... For it seems that the ship they went aboard at Assos, Acts 20:13 went no further, at least in the way the apostle was going, than Patara; but lighting on another ship, which was bound for Phoenicia, for the city of Tyre, which bordered on the land of Israel, and indeed originally belonged to Canaan; see Acts 11:19. we went aboard; the said ship: and set forth; on the voyage.

John Calvin on Acts 21:1-6

Acts 21:1-6 1. And when it came to pass that we had loosed, being pulled away from them, we came with a straight course to Coos, and the next day to the Rhodes, and thence to Patara; 2. And when we had gotten a ship, which sailed over to Phenicia, when we were entered into it, we launched. 3. And when Cyprus began to appear to us, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed into Syria, and came to Tyrus: for here the ship did unlade her burden. 4. And when we had found disciples, we stayed there seven days; who said to Paul by the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. 5. And when the days were ended, we departed and went our way; and they all, with their wives and children, accompanied…

The Church Fathers

This is what happened: Not finding a ship bound for Caesarea but for Phoenicia, I boarded that one. [CHRYSOSTOM]
— Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts

"And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre." He came to Lycia, and having left Cyprus, he sailed down to Tyre. Possibly that ship in which they had come was making a stay there: wherefore they shifted to another, and not having found one going to Caesarea, but finding this for Phenice, they embarked in it and pursued their voyage, having left Cyprus also and Syria: but the expression, "having left it on the left hand," is not said simply in that meaning, but that they made speed not to get to Syria either.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 45

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Dictionary and topics

Patara — A city on the south-west coast of Lycia at which Paul landed on his return from his third missionary journey (Acts 21:1, 2). Here he found a larger vessel, which was about to sail across the open sea…
Phenicia — (Acts 21:2) = Phenice (11:19; 15:3; R.V., Phoenicia), Gr. phoinix, “a palm”, the land of palm-trees; a strip of land of an average breadth of about 20 miles along the shores of the Mediterranean,…
Phoenicia — (Acts 21:2). (See PHENICIA.)
Luke · To — To
Patara · Visited by Paul — Visited by Paul
Phenicia · Paul visits the congregations in — Paul visits the congregations in

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 21:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 21:2

Adam Clarke on Acts 21:2

John Gill on Acts 21:2

John Calvin on Acts 21:1-6

The Church Fathers

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Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 21:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 21:2

Adam Clarke on Acts 21:2

John Gill on Acts 21:2

John Calvin on Acts 21:1-6

The Church Fathers

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 21:2-3