And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
Paul won't ride when he can walk and do good by the way. He takes a rough road alone, not to spare himself but to deny himself, keeping his body under and his heart free for God and for serving others as he goes.
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Commenting on Acts 20:13-16
Chios lay between Lesbos and Samos in the Aegean, sixty-five miles from Mitylene, famous for marble and mastic. The island produced good figs and malmsey wine, and took its name from the nymph Chione, daughter of Neptune, though we find no record of Paul preaching there or any Gospel church until centuries later.
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Mitylene was the capital of Lesbos, one of the largest and most splendid islands in the Aegean Sea, celebrated for the beauty of its position and the magnificence of its buildings. It sat only a few miles from the Aolian coast, about one hundred sixty-eight miles around.
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