3rd Missionary Trip - Lorin

Luke with his distinctive use of the literary
device of a litotes, here παρεκλήθησαν
οὐ μετρίως, they were comforted not a little,
underscores the happy ending to this episode.
210 This device affirms more dramatically
an action or attitude by denying its
opposite. That is, this was Luke’s way of
affirming overwhelming joy and encouragement
on the part of the family and friends of
Eutychus upon seeing him brought back to
life.
As already signaled at the end of verse
11, Paul departed Troas: οὕτως ἐξῆλθεν, thus
he left. 211 Up all night talking to the church,
having participated in the miracle of bringing
a person back to life, now Paul simply
makes his departure from Troas to the next
stop on the way to Jerusalem. Evidently arrangements
had already been made with a ship owner, or representative in
the city, for passage on a boat. Thus early Monday morning the good-byes
were spoken and the delegation traveling with Paul made their way down to
Roman road from Troas to Assos
and its harbor
the docks in order to board the ship. This was a group of at least nine men who have already been named (cf.
20:4) and most likely included numerous others as well.
7.1.4.3 Trip to Miletus, Acts 20:13-16
13 Ἡμεῖς δὲ προελθόντες ἐπὶ τὸ πλοῖον ἀνήχθημεν ἐπὶ τὴν ῏Ασσον ἐκεῖθεν μέλλοντες ἀναλαμβάνειν τὸν Παῦλον·
οὕτως γὰρ διατεταγμένος ἦν μέλλων αὐτὸς πεζεύειν. 14 ὡς δὲ συνέβαλλεν ἡμῖν εἰς τὴν ῏Ασσον, ἀναλαβόντες
αὐτὸν ἤλθομεν εἰς Μιτυλήνην, 15 κἀκεῖθεν ἀποπλεύσαντες τῇ ἐπιούσῃ κατηντήσαμεν ἄντικρυς Χίου, τῇ δὲ ἑτέρᾳ
παρεβάλομεν εἰς Σάμον, τῇ δὲ ἐχομένῃ ἤλθομεν εἰς Μίλητον. 16 κεκρίκει γὰρ ὁ Παῦλος παραπλεῦσαι τὴν Ἔφεσον,
ὅπως μὴ γένηται αὐτῷ χρονοτριβῆσαι ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ· ἔσπευδεν γὰρ εἰ δυνατὸν εἴη αὐτῷ τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς πεντηκοστῆς
γενέσθαι εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα.
13 We went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for he had made
this arrangement, intending to go by land himself. 14 When he met us in Assos, we took him on board and went to
Mitylene. 15 We sailed from there, and on the following day we arrived opposite Chios. The next day we touched at
Samos, and the day after that we came to Miletus. 16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might
not have to spend time in Asia; he was eager to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
What happened at the dock in Troas was a slight shift in plans again. It seems as though everyone in
the delegation, except Paul, boarded a ship sailing from Troas to Assos: Ἡμεῖς δὲ προελθόντες 212 ἐπὶ τὸ πλοῖον
ἀνήχθημεν ἐπὶ τὴν ῏Ασσον ἐκεῖθεν μέλλοντες ἀναλαμβάνειν τὸν Παῦλον· οὕτως γὰρ διατεταγμένος ἦν μέλλων
αὐτὸς πεζεύειν, We went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for he had made
this arrangement, intending to go by land himself. So everyone but Paul boards the ship that makes a stop at Assos 213
210 For the other uses see 12:18; 19:11; 21:39; 28:2. This was a common signal of higher literary skills as is reflected in the first
century classical writer Plutarch in his Titus 9 (373): “τὸν δὲ Τίτον … οὐ μετρίως παρώξυνε τὰ τοιαῦτα.” [C. K. Barrett, A Critical and
Exegetical Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, International Critical Commentary (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2004), 956.]
211 “οὕτως sums up the preceding participles— ἀναβάς, κλάσας, γευσάμενος, ὁμιλήσας: a classical use (BDR § 425:6) which
occurs in the NT only here and at 27:17; but cf. 20:35. ἐξῆλθεν could mean he went out of the house or he left Troas, probably the former;
but Luke’s main intention is to indicate that the incident is now ended as far as Paul is concerned.” [C. K. Barrett, A Critical and
Exegetical Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, International Critical Commentary (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2004), 956.]
212 “προελθόντες is the reading of P 41vid P 74 א B 2 C L Ψ 33 36 323 614 945 1739 2495 al; A B* E M have προσελθόντες; D gig sy p
have κατελθόντες. The different sense given to the text by these readings, and the reasons for preferring προελθ., will be discussed below.”
[C. K. Barrett, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, International Critical Commentary (Edinburgh:
T&T Clark, 2004), 956.]
The essential difference in the readings relates to whether Paul accompanied the delegation to the dock before they discovered
he wasn’t going to travel with them, or whether he told them as they were leaving the meeting place so that they parted company there
rather than at the dock.
213 “ἐπὶ τὴν Ἄσσον, a town on the mainland, founded from Lesbos (Mitylene; see on v. 14) in the eighth century BC. From 133
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