16:11 We put out to sea 1 from Troas 2 and sailed a straight course 3 to Samothrace, 4 the next day to Neapolis, 5
25:13 After several days had passed, King Agrippa 9 and Bernice arrived at Caesarea 10 to pay their respects 11 to Festus. 12
1 tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”
2 sn Troas was a port city (and surrounding region) on the northwest coast of Asia Minor. See v. 8.
3 tn BDAG 406 s.v. εὐθυδρομέω has “of a ship run a straight course” here; L&N 54.3 has “to sail a straight course, sail straight to.”
4 sn Samothrace is an island in the northern part of the Aegean Sea.
5 sn Neapolis was a seaport on the southern coast of Macedonia. It was 10 mi (16 km) from Philippi.
6 tn The participle εἰπόντος (eiponto") has been translated temporally.
7 tn Or “a dispute” (BDAG 940 s.v. στάσις 3).
8 tn Grk “there came about an argument.” This has been simplified to “an argument began”
9 sn King Agrippa was Herod Agrippa II (
10 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.
map For location see Map2 C1; Map4 B3; Map5 F2; Map7 A1; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
11 tn BDAG 144 s.v. ἀσπάζομαι 1.b states, “Of official visits pay one’s respects to…Ac 25:13.”
12 sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.