Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Acts 20:13

"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." — Acts 20:13 (ASV)

Leaving Troas, Paul’s companions took passage on a coastal vessel that was to stop at various ports along the western coast of Asia Minor. Paul, however, waited a while longer at Troas; then, while the boat went around Cape Lectum, he took the direct route to Assos on the Roman coastal road and got there in time to join his colleagues on board. He may have wanted to avoid the northeastern winds that blew around Cape Lectum or may just have wanted to be alone with God on the walk to Assos.