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# General Information:
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Here the word "we" refers to Paul, the writer, and those traveling with them, but not to the reader. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
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# opposite the island
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"near the island" or "across from the island"
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# the island of Chios
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Chios is an island off the coast of modern day Turkey in the Aegean Sea. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# we touched at the island of Samos
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"we arrived at the island of Samos"
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# island of Samos
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Samos is an island south of Chios in the Aegean Sea off the coast of modern day Turkey. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# the city of Miletus
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Miletus was a port city in western Asia Minor near the mouth of the Meander River. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus
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Paul sailed south past the port city of Ephesus, further south in order to land at Miletus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# so that he would not spend any time
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This speaks about "time" as if it were a commodity that a person could spend or use up. AT: "so that he would not have to remain for a time" or "so that he would not have a delay" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/paul]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ephesus]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/asia]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pentecost]] |