Acts 27:4

4 et inde cum sustulissemus subnavigavimus Cypro propterea quod essent venti contrarii

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 ascendentes autem navem hadrumetinam incipientem navigare circa Asiae loca sustulimus perseverante nobiscum Aristarcho Macedone Thessalonicense

3 sequenti autem die devenimus Sidonem humane autem tractans Iulius Paulum permisit ad amicos ire et curam sui agere

4 et inde cum sustulissemus subnavigavimus Cypro propterea quod essent venti contrarii

5 et pelagus Ciliciae et Pamphiliae navigantes venimus Lystram quae est Lyciae

6 et ibi inveniens centurio navem alexandrinam navigantem in Italiam transposuit nos in eam