Acts 27:4

4 We left Sidon and sailed close to the island of Cyprus, because the wind was blowing 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 We got on a ship that was from the city of Adramyttium and was about to sail to different ports in the country of Asia. Aristarchus, a man from the city of Thessalonica in Macedonia, went with us.

3 The next day we came to Sidon. Julius was very good to Paul and gave him freedom to go visit his friends, who took care of his needs.

4 We left Sidon and sailed close to the island of Cyprus, because the wind was blowing against us.

5 We went across the sea by Cilicia and Pamphylia and landed at the city of Myra, in Lycia.

6 There the officer found a ship from Alexandria that was going to Italy, so he put us on it.