Very early in the morning, [even] before daylight, Jesus woke up, left Simon’s house [verse 29] and went out to a deserted place where He prayed.
Acts 20:13 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) But we went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos [i.e., a seaport town near Troas], where we expected to take Paul on board. This is how Paul had planned it, intending to go there himself by land. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But going on ahead to the ship, the rest of us set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for that was what he had directed, intending himself to go by land [on foot]. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible We went on to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we intended to take Paul on board. Paul had arranged this, since he intended to make his way there by land. Catholic Public Domain Version Then we climbed aboard the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take in Paul. For so he himself had decided, since he was making the journey by land. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But we, going aboard the ship, sailed to Assos, being there to take in Paul; for so he had appointed, himself purposing to travel by land. |
Very early in the morning, [even] before daylight, Jesus woke up, left Simon’s house [verse 29] and went out to a deserted place where He prayed.
After seeing [the man in] the vision, we immediately made every effort to go to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news [about Jesus] to the people there. [Note: This is first use of “we” and “us” in the book of Acts and indicates that Luke, the writer of Acts, joined the party at this point. See 1:1 with Luke 1:1-3].
[In the meantime] they brought the young fellow [back upstairs] alive, and were greatly comforted.
When he met us at Assos, we took him on board, then [together] we went to Mitylene [i.e., a town on a nearby island].
These [men] had gone ahead and were waiting for us [when we arrived] in Troas [i.e., a seaport town across the Aegean Sea from Philippi]. [Note: The use of “us” begins here again, suggesting that the writer Luke rejoins the party at Philippi. See next verse].