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Actes 27:4

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4 Puis étant partis de là, nous naviguâmes en dessous de l'île de Cypre, parce que les vents étaient contraires.

Actes 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.

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Actes 27:4 In-Context

2 Et étant montés sur un vaisseau d'Adramytte, nous partîmes, devant toucher aux lieux du littoral de l'Asie, ayant avec nous Aristarque, Macédonien de Thessalonique.
3 Le jour suivant, nous abordâmes à Sidon; et Julius, traitant Paul avec humanité, lui permit d'aller chez ses amis, pour recevoir leurs soins.
4 Puis étant partis de là, nous naviguâmes en dessous de l'île de Cypre, parce que les vents étaient contraires.
5 Et après avoir traversé la mer de Cilicie et de Pamphylie, nous abordâmes à Myrrha en Lycie,
6 Et le centenier y ayant trouvé un vaisseau d'Alexandrie, qui allait en Italie, nous y fit monter.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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