Acts Chapter 27 verse 4 Holy Bible
And putting to sea from thence, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
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And sailing again from there, we went on under cover of Cyprus, because the wind was against us.
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And setting sail thence we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
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And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
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Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
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And thence, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Putting to sea (ἀνάχθεντες, see ver. 3, note) for when we had launched, A.V.; under the lee of for under, A.V. We sailed under the lee of; ὑπεπλεύσαμεν, only here and ver. 7. A nautical term, very rarely met with. The winds were contrary. The wind apparently was westerly, the prevalent wind at that season of the year. Smith ('Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul') quotes Admiral De Saumarez as writing from near Cyprus, "The westerly winds invariably prevail at this season;" and M. De Page, a French navigator, as saying, "The winds from the west which prevail in these places (Cyprus) forced us to run to the north." This is exactly what the ship in which Paul sailed did. Instead of going in a westerly direction, and leaving Cyprus on her right, she turned due north, having Cyprus on her left. It was now late in August (Farrar, p. 363).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) We sailed under Cyprus . . .--Had the wind been favourable, the ship would naturally have taken the direct course from Sidon to Mysia, leaving Cyprus on the right, as in his previous voyage St. Paul had sailed from Patara to Tyre (Acts 21:1). As it was, the wind probably being from the north-west, they made for the channel between Cyprus and Cilicia, and, sailing close under the lee of the long, projecting east coast of the island from Salamis to the promontory of Dinaretium (Capo Andrea), were thus sheltered.
