Acts 20:6

And we sailed away after the Yamim HaMatzot + 20:6 i.e., Pesach from Philippi, and within chamash yamim we came to them in Troas, where we stayed shivah yamim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

5And these, having gone ahead, were waiting for us in Troas.

7And on Yom Rishon, when we met for tish, + 20:7 it was Motzoei Shabbos when there was a Melaveh Malkeh communal meal Rav Sha'ul was saying a shiur to them, since he would have to depart early the next day and was having to extend the message until chatzot halailah.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:14And hayom hazeh shall be unto you for zikaron (remembrance, remembering); and ye shall keep it a Chag (Feast) to Hashem throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a Chag (Feast) by a chukkat olam.

Exodus 13:6Shivat yamim thou shalt eat matzot, and in the seventh day shall be a Chag (Feast) to Hashem.

Exodus 34:18The Chag Hamatzot shalt thou be shomer over. Shivat yamim thou shalt eat matzot, as I commanded thee, in the mo'ed of the month Aviv; for in the month Aviv thou camest out from Mitzrayim.

Acts 16:8So, passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

Acts 21:4And after having searched for Moshiachʼs talmidim there, we stayed in Tzor shivah yamim. And Moshiachʼs talmidim were telling Rav Sha'ul by the Ruach Hakodesh not to make any aliyah (ascent) to Yerushalayim.

Acts 28:14There we found Achim b'Moshiach and we were invited by them to stay shivah yamim. And so we came to Rome.

Matthew Henry on Acts 20:2-7

Paul's Departure from Ephesus; Paul's Removal to Troas. 1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. 2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, 3 And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. 4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians,… Read the whole commentary →

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