Acts 20:13
The Voyage to Miletus
13 We went on ahead ▼▼tn Grk “going on ahead.” The participle προελθόντες (proelthontes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
to the ship and put out to sea ▼▼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.”
for Assos, ▼▼sn Assos was a city of Mysia about 24 mi (40 km) southeast of Troas.
intending ▼ to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. ▼▼tn Or “for he told us to do this.” Grk “for having arranged it this way, he.” The participle διατεταγμένος (diatetagmenos) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. BDAG 237 s.v. διατάσσω 1 has “οὕτως διατεταγμένος ἦν he had arranged it so Ac 20:13.” L&N 15.224 has “‘he told us to do this.”
He ▼▼tn A new sentence was begun here in the translation because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence; in Greek this is part of the preceding sentence beginning “We went on ahead.”
himself was intending ▼ to go there by land. ▼▼tn Or “there on foot.”
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