Acts 27:5
in Acts 27And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
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ASV
And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
KJV
And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
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This verse in Acts 27
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd sailing through the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Lystrus, which is of Lycia. For Lystrus, in Greek, it is written Smyrna, for which Jerome in the book of Hebrew names puts Myra: which I think is found thus in some Codices, …
This site's exposition
the winds were contrary
on Acts 27:4-8
The winds were contrary, and every leg Luke logs matches the sailing conditions of the season: under the lee of Cyprus, along Cilicia and Pamphylia to Myra, where the centurion transfers them to a ship of Alexandria, a grain carrier on the Egypt-to-Rome run, the empire's bread route. Slow days against the wind bring them scarce over against Cnidus, then under Crete by Salmone, and hardly to a place called The fair havens near Lasea. James Smith's classic study of this chapter found every bearing and delay consistent with the winds of the Levant in late season, and the exposition reports the accuracy as the evidence lane's standing witness to an eyewitness log.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
A commentator
John ChrysostomCATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 27.4-5 · Written in the 5th century.
proposed
Again trials, again contrary winds. See how the life of the saints is so composed of all these things: he escaped the court, and they fall into a shipwreck and a storm.
See how God does not innovate or change the order of nature, but suffers them to sail into the unfavorable winds. But even so the miracle is wrought. That they may sail safely, He did not let them go out in the open sea, but they always sailed near the land.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia - The sea which lies off the, coast from these two regions. For their situation, see the notes on Act 6:9, and Act 13:13. We came to Myra, a city of Lycia - Lycia was a province in the southwestern part of Asia Minor, having Phrygia and Pisidia on the north, the Mediterranean on the south, Pamphylia on the east, and Carla on the west.
Pamphylia - See on Act 2:10 (note). Myra, a city of Lycia - The name of this city is written variously in the MSS., Myra, Murrha, Smyra, and Smyrna. Grotius conjectures that all these names are corrupted, and that it should be written Limyra, which is the name both of a river and city in Lycia. It is certain that, in common conversation, the first syllable, li, might be readily dropped, and then Myra, the word in the text, would remain. Strabo mentions both Myra and Limyra, lib. xiv. p. 666. The former, he says, is twenty stadia from the sea, επι μετεωρου λοφου, upon a high hill: the latter, he says, is the name of a river; and twenty stadia up this river is the town Limyra itself. These places were not far distant, and one of them is certainly meant.
The words behind it
15 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| τό | to | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| τε | te | And | G5037 → | 213 times |
| πέλαγος | pelagos | then | G3989 → | |
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κατὰ | kata | along | G2596 → | 468 times |
| τὴν | ten | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Κιλικίαν | kilikian | Cilicia | G2791 → | 8 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| Παμφυλίαν | pamphulian | Pamphylia | G3828 → | 5 times |
| διαπλεύσαντες | diapleusantes | having sailed across [the sea] | G1277 → | |
| κατήλθομεν | katelthomen | we came | G2718 → | 16 times |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| Μύρα | mura | Myra | G3460 → | |
| τῆς | tes | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Λυκίας. | lukias | of Lycia. | G3073 → |
τό<the>
toG3588 →19766 times
τεAnd
teG5037 →213 times
πέλαγοςthen
pelagosG3989 →
τὸ<the>
toG3588 →19766 times
κατὰalong
kataG2596 →468 times
τὴν<the>
tenG3588 →19766 times
ΚιλικίανCilicia
kilikianG2791 →8 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ΠαμφυλίανPamphylia
pamphulianG3828 →5 times
διαπλεύσαντεςhaving sailed across [the sea]
diapleusantesG1277 →
κατήλθομενwe came
katelthomenG2718 →16 times
εἰςto
eisG1519 →1755 times
ΜύραMyra
muraG3460 →
τῆς<the>
tesG3588 →19766 times
Λυκίας.of Lycia.
lukiasG3073 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 15:38But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
it leads to
- Acts 13:13
After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 13:13
Through
Acts 21:39But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
it leads to
- Acts 22:3
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 9:11
“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
- Acts 22:3
Through
Acts 6:9But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,
it leads to
- Acts 15:41
And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 15:23
and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
- Acts 15:41
Through
Acts 13:13After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
it leads to
- Acts 15:38
But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
- Acts 15:38
Through
Acts 2:10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,
it leads to
- Acts 16:6
After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.
- Zechariah 8:23
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for…
- Acts 16:6
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About Acts
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Retractions on Acts; James Smith, The Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 27.4-5; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 53 and John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748).