ACTS 20:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard — He had decided to go there on foot — Paul's foot-journey to Assos while companions sail suggests solitary prayer or reflection. The routing choices reveal his control of the itinerary.
Church Fathers on Acts 20:13
And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Thasos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. Acts 20:13 We often find Paul parting from the disciples. For behold again, he himself goes afoot: giving them the easier way, and himself choosing the more painful. He went afoot, both that he might arrange many matters, and by way of training them to bear a parting from him. And when he had joined us at Thasos, having taken him on board,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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