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Act 21:1-16. Sailing from Ephesus, they land at Tyre, and thence sailing to Ptolemais, they proceed by land to Caesarea and Jerusalem.
we were gotten - “torn.”
from them - expressing the difficulty and pain of the parting.
with a straight course - running before the wind, as Act 16:11.
unto Coos - Cos, an island due south from Miletus, which they would reach in about six hours, and coming close to the mainland.
the day following unto Rhodes - another island, some fifty miles to the southeast, of brilliant classic memory and beauty.
thence unto Patara - a town on the magnificent mainland of Lycia, almost due east from Rhodes. It was the seat of a celebrated oracle of Apollo.