Acts 21:3 New English Translation
3 After we sighted Cyprus[a] and left it behind on our port side,[b] we sailed on to Syria and put in[c] at Tyre,[d] because the ship was to unload its cargo there.
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- Acts 21:3 sn Cyprus is a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.
- Acts 21:3 sn The expression left it behind on our port side here means “sailed past to the south of it” since the ship was sailing east.
- Acts 21:3 tn BDAG 531 s.v. κατέρχομαι 2 states, “arrive, put in, nautical t.t. of ships and those who sail in them, who ‘come down’ fr. the ‘high seas’…ἔις τι at someth. a harbor 18:22; 21:3; 27:5.”
- Acts 21:3 sn Tyre was a city and seaport on the coast of Phoenicia. From Patara to Tyre was about 400 mi (640 km). It required a large cargo ship over 100 ft (30 m) long, and was a four to five day voyage.
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