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Acts 27:4
4And setting sail thence we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
Acts 27:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
- New International Version (NIV)From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And putting out to sea from there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When we had put to sea from there, we sailed under the shelter of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
Context of Acts 27:4
2And going on board a ship of Adramyttium about to navigate by the places along Asia, we set sail, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. 3And the next day we arrived at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and suffered him to go to his friends and refresh himself. And setting sail thence we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. 5And having sailed over the waters of Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra in Lycia: 6and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy, he made us go on board her.
Read all of Acts 27Acts 27:4 word by word
κἀκεῖθεν ἀναχθέντες ὑπεπλεύσαμεν τὴν Κύπρον διὰ τὸ τοὺς ἀνέμους εἶναι ἐναντίους,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 27:4
- Acts 4:36And Joseph, who had been surnamed Barnabas by the apostles (which is, being interpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, Cyprian by birth,
- Acts 11:19They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through [the country] to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.
- Acts 13:4They therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed away to Cyprus.
- Acts 15:39There arose therefore very warm feeling, so that they separated from one another; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed away to Cyprus;
- Acts 21:3and having sighted Cyprus, and left it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and made the land at Tyre, for there the ship was to discharge her cargo.
- Matthew 14:24but the ship was already in the middle of the sea tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.
- Mark 6:48And seeing them labouring in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them walking on the sea, and would have passed them by.
Commentaries on Acts 27:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4We sailed under Cyprus - See on Acts 4:36; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4We sailed under Cyprus - For an account of Cyprus, see the notes on Acts 4:36. By sailing “under Cyprus” is meant that they sailed along its coasts; they kept near to it; they thus endeavored to break off the violent winds. Instead of steering a direct course in the open sea, which would have exposed them to violent opposing winds, they kept near this large island, so that it was between them and the westerly winds. The force of the wind was thus broken…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6Luke gives a detailed description of the sea journey. The ship traveled north and then west along the southern coast of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). Myra was an important stop. Ships from Egypt carrying grain (food crops like wheat) to Italy regularly stopped there.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. when we had launched--"set sail." from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary--The wind blowing from the westward, probably with a touch of the north, which was adverse, they sailed under the lee of Cyprus, keeping it on their left, and steering between it and the mainland of Phoenicia.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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