{Had finished} (dianusantes). First aorist active
participle of dianu(935c), old verb to accomplish (anu(935c))
thoroughly (dia), only here in the N.T. {From Tyre} (apo
Turou). Page takes (Hackett also) with kat(886e)t(8873)amen (we
arrived) rather than with " on ploun" (the voyage) and with
good reason: "And we, having (thereby) finished the voyage,
arrived from Tyre at Ptolemais." Ptolemais is the modern Acre,
called Accho in Jud 1:31 . The harbour is the best on the coast
of Palestine and is surrounded by mountains. It is about thirty
miles south of Tyre. It was never taken by Israel and was
considered a Philistine town and the Greeks counted it a
Phoenician city. It was the key to the road down the coast
between Syria and Egypt and had successively the rule of the
Ptolemies, Syrians, Romans. {Saluted} (aspasamenoi). Here
greeting as in 21:19 rather than farewell as in 20:1 . The
stay was short, one day (h(886d)eran mian, accusative), but "the
brethren" Paul and his party found easily. Possibly the scattered
brethren ( Ac 11:19 ) founded the church here or Philip may have
done it.
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