4Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.


In Context

1 When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

2 Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

3 The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

4 Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

5 When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

6 There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.

Acts 27:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:4And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:4From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:4And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:4And putting to sea from thence, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:4And setting sail thence we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:4And putting to sea from thence, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:4And when we had lanched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:4And thence, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:4And when we had launched from there, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.