Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Acts 21:2

"and having found a ship crossing over unto Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set sail." — Acts 21:2 (ASV)

After the emotional farewell, Paul and his party (including Luke) continued by boat to Cos. The next day they sailed to Rhodes, the capital of the large Dodecanese island of Rhodes just twelve miles off the mainland of Asia Minor. The next stop was Patara, a Lycian city on the southwest coast of Asia Minor with a fine harbor. There Paul and his party boarded a large merchant ship bound nonstop for Tyre, for they desired to travel quickly.