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From there we circled around and arrived at Rhegium. After one day, a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli,
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Commentators explain that the journey from Sicily to the Italian mainland was historically precise. The ship had to tack against the wind ("fetched a compass") to reach Rhegium. Then, a favorable south wind allowed for a remarkably fast 180-mile trip to Puteoli, the main port for Rome. This detailed account grounds Paul's journey in real-world geography and sailing practices.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
We made a circuit (περιελθοντες). Second aorist active of περιερχομα, to go around, old verb, already in 19:13. See also Heb 11:37…
19th Century
Anglican
From thence we fetched a compass.—The phrase, now somewhat obsolete, was formerly in common use for a circuitous route by…
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Baptist
And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
A…
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And from thence we fetched a compass About the isle of Sicily, from Syracuse to Pachinus, the promontory of the isla…
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