3. next day we touched at Sidon--To reach this ancient and celebrated Mediterranean port, about seventy miles north from Cæsarea, in one day, they must have had a fair wind.
      Julius courteously--(See on Ac 27:1).
      gave him liberty to go to his friends--no doubt disciples, gained, it would seem, by degrees, all along the Phœnician coast since the first preaching there (see on Ac 11:19 and Ac 21:4).
      to refresh himself--which after his long confinement would not be unnecessary. Such small personal details are in this case extremely interesting.

JFB.