Acts 20:6
What does Acts 20:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Acts 20:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Acts 20:6 means
Luke marks time by the “days of unleavened bread,” showing the team sailed from Philippi after that feast and reached Troas in five days, staying a full week. Such details anchor the story in real time and space. The mention of the feast situates their travel within the Jewish calendar, while the seven-day stay sets the stage for a Lord’s Day gathering. Luke’s careful chronology emphasizes that Paul’s mission moves in step with God’s providence, not happenstance. The rhythm of travel, waiting, and worship leads naturally to the meeting in Troas, where the believers’ life together—Word, fellowship, and breaking bread—comes into view.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we tarried seven days.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we tarried seven days.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and we sailed, after the days of the unleavened food, from Philippi, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But we sailed from Philippi after the days of the azymes and came to them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and we came to them to Troas in five days, where we spent seven days.
Context
The verse transitions from planning to presence: the team is now together in Troas for seven days. This timing is crucial, because the next scene (verse 7) occurs on the first day of the week, when the church gathers. Verses 7–12 will recount the long meeting, Eutychus’s fall, and his restoration, all witnessed by many. Later, the narrative will return to the travel itinerary (verses 13–16) and then slow again for Paul’s Miletus address to the Ephesian elders. Tracking the timing helps readers follow Luke’s orderly account.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 21:8
And on the morrow we departed, and came unto Cæsarea: and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him.
- Acts 28:14
where we found brethren, and were entreated to tarry with them seven days: and so we came to Rome.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7
Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ:
- Acts 12:3
And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And those were the days of unleavened bread.
- Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
- Exodus 12:18
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
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