Acts 27:4

4 And from there we put out to sea [and] sailed under the lee 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.

Acts 27:4 In-Context

2 And we went aboard a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to the places along the [coast] of Asia [and] put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

3 And on the next [day], we put in at Sidon. And Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed [him] to go to [his] friends {to be cared for}.

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

5 And [after we] had sailed across the open sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia.

6 And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy [and] put us {on board} it.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("put out to sea") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation