{Met us} (suneballen h(886d)in). Imperfect active where the
aorist (sunebalen, as C D have it) would seem more natural. It
may mean that as soon as (h(9373)) Paul "came near or began to meet
us" (inchoative imperfect), we picked him up. Luke alone in the
N.T. uses sunball(935c) to bring or come together either in a
friendly sense as here or as enemies ( Lu 14:31 ). {To Mitylene}
(eis Mitul(886e)(886e)). The capital of Lesbos about thirty miles from
Assos, an easy day's sailing.