We made a circuit (περιελθοντες). Second aorist active of περιερχομα, to go around, old verb, already in 19:13. See also Heb 11:37…

We fetched a compass. We coasted about; or we coasted along the eastern side of Sicily. The course can be seen on the Map.

And c…

From thence we fetched a compass.—The phrase, now somewhat obsolete, was formerly in common use for a circuitous route by…

And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

From Syracuse the ship “set sail” for Rhegium, an important harbor at the toe of Italy and on the Italian side of the Strait of Messina. Docking th…

And from thence we fetched a compass
About the isle of Sicily, from Syracuse to Pachinus, the promontory of the isla…

The common events of traveling are seldom worthy of being told; but the comfort of communion with the saints, and kindness shown by friends, deserv…