Setting sail therefore for therefore loosing, A.V.; made for came with, A.V. ( εὐθυδρόμεω, elsewhere only in Acts 21:1); Samothrace for Samothracia, A.V.; day following for next day, A.V. In the New Testament this latter phrase only occurs in the Acts.
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Acts 16:11
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