Acts 27:4

sailed under: i.e. under the lee (of Cyprus). Greek. hopopleo. Only here and Acts 27:7.

because. Greek. dia. App-104.Acts 27:2.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. We sailed under Cyprus - See on Acts 4:36 (note).
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. And when we had launched ('set sail') from thence,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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The study of Paul's last voyage reveals some apparently contradictory facts, and yet common in the experience of the saints. On the one hand, difficu...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the next day we touched at Sidon A celebrated city on the Phenician coast, not far from Tyre. Here Julius, to whose care the prisoners had been...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Series of Maritime Stages and Examples of Prophecy ( Acts 27:10 ; Acts 27:21-26 ) On The Way To Rome (27.l-26). This series of ‘maritime stages...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.' They then set sail again and because of the wes...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Voyage from Caesarea to Melita. From Caesarea to Fair Havens:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 11:19 ; Acts 11:20 ; Acts 13:4 ; Acts 15:39 ; Acts 21:16 ; Acts 21:3 ; Acts 4:36 ; Mark 6:48 ; Matthew 14:24
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

We sailed under Cyprus — Leaving it on the left hand.

⁴ And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

Related Commentaries of Acts 27:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 27:4