Note 3 at Acts 20:15: Chios is a large island off the coast of what was then called Asia (see note 3 at Acts 17:15, p. 666) in the Aegean Sea. It was It was south of Lesbos and Mitylene (see note 2 at Acts 20:14) and separated from the mainland of Asia by a narrow channel only five miles wide at places. The island is about thirty miles long north to south and eight to eighteen miles wide.

Chios was reputed to be the home of the poet Homer. Those who lived on Chios were suppose to be the richest of the Greeks in the 5th century B.C..

Note 4 at Acts 20:15: Samos was an island off the west coast of Asia Minor (New Testament Asia see note 3 at Acts 17:15, p. 666) in the Aegean Sea, twenty-seven miles long by fourteen miles wide. It was separated from the mainland by a narrow strait of only one mile.

Note 5 at Acts 20:15: Trogyllium was located on the mainland of Asia Minor (New Testament- Asia, see note 3 at Acts 17:15, p. 666) about twenty miles south of Ephesus (see note 3 at Acts 18:19, p. ???) and at the narrow strait separating the mainland from the island of Samos (see note 4 at this verse). Paul spent the night there at the end of his third missionary journey as he traveled towards Jerusalem. There is an anchorage at the place which is called St. Paul's Port.

Note 6 at Acts 20:15: Miletus was a city on the coast of Asia Minor (New Testament Asia-see note 3 at Acts 17:15, p. 666) about thirty-six miles south of Ephesus. Paul came to Miletus towards the end of his third missionary journey and summoned the elders from the church at Ephesus (see note 3 at Acts 18:19, p. ???) to Miletus to exhort them and tell them good-bye. Paul also left Trophimus (see note 6 at Acts 20:4, p. ???) at Miletus (Miletum-2 Tim. 4:20) because he was sick.