Acts 21:1

When we had departed from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

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WEBBE

When we had departed from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

BSB

After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

KJV

And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

ASV

And when it came to pass that we were parted from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course unto Cos, and the next day unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

BBE

And after parting from them, we put out to sea and came straight to Cos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from there to Patara:

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Ὡς Hōs After G5613 δὲ de then G1161 ἐγένετο egeneto it happened G1096 ἀναχθῆναι anachthēnai sailing G321 ἡμᾶς hēmas our G3165 ἀποσπασθέντας apospasthentas having drawn away G645 ἀπ ap᾽ from G575 αὐτῶν autōn them G846 εὐθυδρομήσαντες euthudromēsantes having run directly G2113 ἤλθομεν ēlthomen we came G2064 εἰς eis to G1519 τὴν tēn (the) G3588 Κῶ Kō Cos G2972 τῇ tēa (the) G3588 δὲ de and G1161 ἑξῆς hexēs the next [day] G1836 εἰς eis to G1519 τὴν tēn (the) G3588 Ῥόδον Rhodon Rhodes G4499 κἀκεῖθεν kakeithen and from there G2532 εἰς eis to G1519 Πάταρα Patara Patara G3959

The early church

"And they accompanied them," it says, "unto the ship. And it came to pass, that after we had torn ourselves from them" - so much did they love him, such was their affection towards him - "and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara." Methinks Paul also wept. "Having torn ourselves away," he says: he shows the violence of it by saying, "having torn ourselves away from them." And with reason: otherwise they could never have got to sea. What means, "We came with a straight course unto Coos?" Instead of saying, "we did not go round nor make stay in other places." See how he hastes on.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

Providence must be acknowledged when our affairs go on well. Wherever Paul came, he inquired what disciples were there, and found them out. Foreseeing his troubles, from love to him, and concern for the church, they wrongly thought it would be most for the glory of God that he should continue at liberty; but their earnestness to dissuade him from it, renders his pious resolution the more illustrious. He has taught us by example, as well as by rule, to pray always, to pray without ceasing. Their last farewell was sweetened with prayer.

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CoosPataraRhodes

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PaulLukePataraCoosRhodes

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.