* **the island of Chios** - Chios is an island off the coast of modern day Turkey in the Aegean sea. (See: [[en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names]])
* **we touched at the island of Samos** - Samos is an island south of Chios in the Aegean sea off the coast of modern day Turkey. Alternate Translation: "we arrived at the island of Samos." (See: [[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_inclusive]]) (See: [[en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names]])
* **the city of Miletus** - Miletus was a port city in western Asia Minor near the mouth of the Meander River. (See: [[en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names]])
* **For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus** - Paul sailed south past the port city of Ephesus, further south in order to land at Miletus. (See: [[en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names]])