From Nave’s Topical Bible
Assos
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 2Passages listed
- 1Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- A seaport in MysiaActs 20:13Acts 20:14
The passages, in Bible order (2)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Acts 20:13
We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.
Commentary on Acts 20:132 voices
Being himself to go on foot - That he might enjoy the company of his Christian brethren a little longer, although he had passed the night without sleep, and though Assos was of difficult and dangerous access by land.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, 1755Evangelical
And we went before to ship,.... That is, Luke, the writer of this history, and the rest of the apostle's company, went before him to a ship, which lay at Troas, and went aboard it: and sailed unto Assos; a city of Aeolia, or Mysia; and is said by Pliny to be the same with Apollonia; and which he places on the sea shore, where it is evident this Assos was.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Acts 20:14
And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
Commentary on Acts 20:142 voices
And when he met with us at Assos,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
With him we came to Mytilene. We have written in the first book, following Pliny the Younger, that Mytilene is an island off Asia; but Pliny elsewhere writes that Mytilene is a city on the island of Cyprus. Both are believed to be true; however, …
Bede· Retractions on Acts, 735Patristic