Acts 27:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. The wind blowing from the westward, probably with a touch of the north, which was adverse, they sailed under the lee of Cyprus, keeping it on their left, and steering between it and the mainland of Phoenicia.

Acts 27:4

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