Acts 20 · Verse 13

Acts 20:13

And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.

Acts 20:13, King James Version

Acts 20:13 in other translations

BSB	We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.
WEB	But we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there; for he had so arranged, intending himself to go by land.
ASV	But we, going before to the ship, set sail for Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, intending himself to go by land.
YLT	And we having gone before unto the ship, did sail to Assos, thence intending to take in Paul, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go on foot;
DARBY	And we, having gone before on board ship, sailed off to Assos, going to take in Paul there; for so he had directed, he himself being about to go on foot.
BBE	But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.
Webster	And we went before to a ship, and sailed to Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so he had appointed, intending himself to go on foot.

What does Acts 20:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 20:13-14

Ac 20:13-38. Continuing His Route to Jerusalem He Reaches Miletus, Whence He Sends for the Elders of Ephesus--His Farewell Address to Them.

13-14. we ... sailed--from Troas. unto Assos; there ... to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot--"to go by land." (See on Mr 6:33). In sailing southward from Troas to Assos, one has to round Cape Lecture, and keeping due east to run along the northern shore of the Gulf of Adramyttium, on which it lies. This is a sail of nearly forty miles; whereas by land, cutting right across, in a southeasterly direction, from sea to sea, by that excellent Roman road which then existed, the distance was scarcely more than half. The one way Paul wished his companions to take, while he himself, longing perhaps to enjoy a period of solitude, took the other, joining the ship, by appointment, at Assos.

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 13. Sailed unto Assos. There were several cities of this name. One was in Lycia; one in the territory of Eolis; one in Mysia; one in Lydia; and another in Epirus. The latter is the one intended here. It was between Troas and Mitylene. The distance to it from Troas by sea was much greater than by land, and accordingly Paul chose to go to it on foot.

Minding himself. Choosing or preferring to go on foot. Most of his journeys were probably performed in this way.

(*) "afoot" "Intending himself to go by land"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 13 Sailed unto Assos - Assos, according to Pausanias, Eliac. ii. 4, and Pliny, Hist. Nat. xxxvi. 27, was a maritime town of Asia, in the Troad. Strabo and Stephanus place it in Mysia. It was also called Apollonia, according to Pliny, Ib. lib. Act 20:30. The passage by sea to this place was much longer than by land; and therefore St. Paul chose to go by land, while the others went by sea. Intending to take in Paul - Αναλαμβανειν, To take him in Again; for it appears he had already been aboard that same vessel: probably the same that had carried them from Philippi to Troas, Act 20:6.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 20:13-16

Paul hastened to Jerusalem, but tried to do good by the way, when going from place to place, as every good man should do. In doing God's work, our own wills and those of our friends must often be crossed; we must not spend time with them when duty calls us another way.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Acts 20:13 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἡμεῖςhēmeisWe ourselvesG3165

δὲdehoweverG1161

προελθόντεςproelthonteshaving gone aheadG4281

ἐπὶepitoG1909

τὸtotheG3588

πλοῖονploionshipG4143

ἀνήχθημενanēchthēmensailedG321

ἐπὶepitoG1909

τὴνtēn<the>G3588

Ἆσσον,AssonAssos,G789

ἐκεῖθενekeithenthereG1564

μέλλοντεςmellontesbeing aboutG3195

ἀναλαμβάνεινanalambaneinto take inG353

τὸνton<the>G3588

Παῦλον·PaulonPaul;G3972

οὕτωςhoutōsThusG3779

γὰρgarforG1063

διατεταγμένοςdiatetagmenoshaving arranged himselfG1299

ἦν,ēnhe wasG1510

μέλλωνmellōnreadyingG3195

αὐτὸςautoshimselfG846

πεζεύειν.pezeueinto go on foot.G3978

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 20:13

Mark 6:46
And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
Mark 1:35
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Mark 6:31-33
And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

minding.
Mr 1:35; 6:31-33,46

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Context

Acts 20:12
And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
Acts 20:13
And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.
Acts 20:14
And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.

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Acts 20:13 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y nosotros subiendo en el navío, navegamos á Assón, para recibir de allí á Pablo; pues así había determinado que debía él ir por tierra.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Or pour nous, ayant pris les devants sur un navire, nous avons fait voile vers Assos où nous devions prendre Paul à bord; car il l’avait ainsi ordonné, étant dans l’intention d’aller lui-même à pied.
German Elberfelder 1871	Wir aber gingen voraus auf das Schiff und fuhren ab nach Assos, indem wir dort den Paulus aufnehmen wollten; denn so hatte er es angeordnet, da er selbst zu Fuß gehen wollte.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Nos autem ascendentes navem, navigavimus in Asson, inde suscepturi Paulum: sic enim disposuerat ipse per terram iter facturus.