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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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Footnotes

  1. Acts 21:3 sn Cyprus is a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.”
  4. 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.

After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria.(A) We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo.

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