Acts 27:4

4 And when we removed from thence [And when we had taken up from thence], we under-sailed to Cyprus, for that winds were contrary.

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 up into the ship of Adramyttium, and began to sail, and were borne about the places of Asia, while Aristarchus of Macedonia, Thessalonica, dwelled still with us.

3 And in the day following, we came to Sidon; and Julius treated courteously Paul, and suffered [him] to go to friends, and to do his needs [and to do the care, or need, of him].

4 And when we removed from thence [And when we had taken up from thence], we under-sailed to Cyprus, for that winds were contrary.

5 And we sailed in the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, and came to Lystra, that is Lycia.

6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria, sailing into Italy, and putted [put] us over into it.