Acts 27:5

Acts 27:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
• New International Version (NIV)When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when we had sailed across the open sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when we had sailed over the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

Context of Acts 27:5

3And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. 4And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. 6And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. 7And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

Acts 27:5 word by word

τό τε πέλαγος τὸ κατὰ τὴν Κιλικίαν καὶ Παμφυλίαν διαπλεύσαντες κατήλθομεν εἰς Μύρα τῆς Λυκίας.Read the interlinear

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andτεte · and/bothG5037
• when we had sailed overδιαπλέωdiapleō · to sail acrossG1277
• the seaπέλαγοςpelagos · seaG3989
• ofκατάkata · according toG2596
• CiliciaΚιλικία, ΚιλικίαKilikia · CiliciaG2791
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• PamphyliaΠαμφυλίαPamphulia · PamphyliaG3828
• we cameκατέρχομαιkaterchomai · to descendG2718
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• MyraΜύραMura · MyraG3460
• of LyciaΛυκίαLukia · LyciaG3073

Cross-references for Acts 27:5

• Acts 6:9Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
• Acts 15:23And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
• Acts 21:39But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
• Acts 22:3I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
• Galatians 1:21Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
• Acts 2:10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
• Acts 13:13Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
• Acts 15:38But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

Commentaries on Acts 27:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Pamphylia - See on Acts 2:10; (note). Myra, a city of Lycia - The name of this city is written variously in the MSS., Myra, Murrha, Smyra, and Smyrna. Grotius conjectures that all these names are corrupted, and that it should be written Limyra, which is the name both of a river and city in Lycia. It is certain that, in common conversation, the first syllable, li, might be readily dropped, and then Myra, the word in the text, would remain. Strabo mentions…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia - The sea which lies off the, coast from these two regions. For their situation, see the notes on Acts 6:9, and Acts 13:13. We came to Myra, a city of Lycia - Lycia was a province in the southwestern part of Asia Minor, having Phrygia and Pisidia on the north, the Mediterranean on the south, Pamphylia on the east, and Carla on the west.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. 55. when we had sailed over the Sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia--coasts with which Paul had been long familiar, the one, perhaps, from boyhood, the other from the time of his first missionary tour. we came to Myra, a city of Lycia--a port a little east of Patara (see on Ac 21:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 27:5

• Cilicia
• Lycia
• Myra
• Pamphylia
• Paul

In the dictionaries

• Cilicia
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Cheer
• Close
• Creek
• Crete
• Euroclydon
• Exhort
• Fast
• Gain

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