Acts 20 · Verse 14

Acts 20:14

And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
Acts 20:14, King James Version

Acts 20:14 in other translations

BSBAnd when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
WEBWhen he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and came to Mitylene.
ASVAnd when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
YLTand when he met with us at Assos, having taken him up, we came to Mitylene,
DARBYAnd when he met with us at Assos, having taken him on board, we came to Mitylene;
BBEAnd when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.
WebsterAnd when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.

What does Acts 20:14 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…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 14. Came to Mitylene. This was the capital of the island of Lesbos. It was distinguished by the beauty of its situation, and the splendour and magnificence of its edifices. The island on which it stood, Lesbos, was one of the largest in the AEgean Sea, and the seventh in the Mediterranean. It is a few miles distant from the coast of Aeolia, and is about one hundred and sixty-eight miles in circumference. The name of the city now is Castro.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Came to Mitylene - This was a seaport town in the isle of Lesbos: see its place in the map.

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.

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Acts 20:14 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.

ὡςhōsWhenG5613
δὲdenowG1161
συνέβαλλενsuneballenhe was meeting withG4820
ἡμῖνhēminusG3165
εἰςeisatG1519
τὴνtēn<the>G3588
Ἆσσον,AssonAssos,G789
ἀναλαβόντεςanalabonteshaving taken inG353
αὐτὸνautonhimG846
ἤλθομενēlthomenwe cameG2064
εἰςeistoG1519
Μιτυλήνην·MitulēnēnMitylene;G3412

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Acts 20:15

    And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.

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Acts 20:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y como se juntó con nosotros en Assón, tomándole vinimos á Mitilene.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et lorsqu’il nous eut rejoints à Assos, nous l’avons pris à bord, et nous sommes allés à Mitylène.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Als er aber in Assos mit uns zusammentraf, nahmen wir ihn auf und kamen nach Mitylene.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cum autem convenisset nos in Asson, assumpto eo, venimus Mitylenen.