Acts 27:4

4 From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

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Acts 27:4 in Other Translations

KJV

4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

ESV

4 And putting out to sea from there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us.

NLT

4 Putting out to sea from there, we encountered strong headwinds that made it difficult to keep the ship on course, so we sailed north of Cyprus between the island and the mainland.

MSG

4 Out to sea again, we sailed north under the protection of the northeast shore of Cyprus because winds out of the west were against us,

CSB

4 When we had put out to sea from there, we sailed along the northern coast of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

Acts 27:4 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 27:4

And when we had launched from thence
From Sidon:

we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary;
that is, they sailed below the island of Cyprus; of which see ( Acts 4:36 ) ( 13:4 ) whereas if the wind had been right for them, they would have sailed above the island; leaving it on the right hand, in a straight course to Myra; but now they were obliged to go below it, leaving it on the left hand, going in part about it, through the seas of Cilicia and Pamphylia to Lycia, as follows.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Acts 27:4 In-Context

2 We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

3 The next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius, in kindness to Paul, allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs.

4 From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

5 When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.

6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.