Acts 27:4

4 And sailing again from there, we went on under cover of Cyprus, because the wind was 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.

Acts 27:4 In-Context

2 And we went to sea in a ship of Adramyttium which was sailing to the sea towns of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

3 And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

4 And sailing again from there, we went on under cover of Cyprus, because the wind was against us.

5 And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra, in Lycia.

6 And there the captain came across a ship of Alexandria, sailing for Italy, and put us in it.