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Were parted from them (apospasthentas ap' autōn). First aorist passive participle of apospaō same verb as in Act 20:30; Luk 22:41.
Had set sail (anachthēnai). First aorist passive of anagō, the usual verb to put out (up) to sea as in Act 20:2(anēchthēmen).
We came with a straight course (euthudromēsantes ēlthomen). The same verb (aorist active participle of euthudromeō) used by Luke in Act 16:11 of the voyage from Troas to Samothrace and Neapolis, which see.
Unto Cos (eis tēn Ko). Standing today, about forty nautical miles south from Miletus, island famous as the birthplace of Hippocrates and Apelles with a great medical school. Great trading place with many Jews.
The next day (tēi hexēs). Locative case with hēmerāi (day) understood. The adverb hexēs is from echō (future hexō) and means successively or in order. This is another one of Luke’s ways of saying “on the next day” (cf. three others in Act 20:15).
Unto Rhodes (eis tēn Rhodon). Called the island of roses. The sun shone most days and made roses luxuriant. The great colossus which represented the sun, one of the seven wonders of the world, was prostrate at this time. The island was at the entrance to the Aegean Sea and had a great university, especially for rhetoric and oratory. There was great commerce also.
Unto Patara (eis Patara). A seaport on the Lycian coast on the left bank of the Xanthus. It once had an oracle of Apollo which rivalled that at Delphi. This was the course taken by hundreds of ships every season.