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And from thereκἀκεῖθενputting out to sea,ἀναχθέντεςwe sailed under the shelter ofὑπεπλεύσαμενCyprusτὴν Κύπρονbecauseδιὰ τὸthe windsτοὺς ἀνέμουςwereεἶναιagainst us.ἐναντίους
Acts 27:4
Study it in the app“And from there putting out to sea, we sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were against us.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 27:4, word by word
- And from thereκἀκεῖθενkakeithen
and from there
Links what follows to the place being left: “and going on from that place.”
Where else “kakeithen” appears- putting out to seaἀναχθέντεςanachthentes
set sail
To set out to sea by boat.
Where else “anachthentes” appears- we sailed under the shelter ofὑπεπλεύσαμενhypepleusamen
sail under the lee
Sail under the lee of an island, sheltered by it from the wind.
Where else “hypepleusamen” appears- CyprusΚύπρονKypron
Cyprus
See it on the mapWhere else “Kypron” appears- the windsἀνέμουςanemous
wind
Wind.
Where else “anemous” appears- wereεἶναιeinai
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appears- against usἐναντίουςenantious
against
Opposing, like a headwind.
Where else “enantious” appears
Places in this verse
Cyprus
Today: Cyprus (island; Republic of Cyprus and the north)
A large island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, off the coasts of Syria and Turkey.
Barnabas came from there (Acts 4:36). Paul and Barnabas crossed it on their first journey (Acts 13:4-12).
The context
3And the next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends and receive care.
4 · This verse (above)
5And sailing across the sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down to Myra in Lycia.
To study Acts 27 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul tell the men on the ship as the storm drags on, and why? (vv. 21-26)
2. What it means
When the sailors want to escape in the boat, why does Paul say they must stay on the ship? (vv. 30-32)
3. How I live it
In the storm, Paul urged everyone to eat and not lose hope (vv. 33-36). How do you stay calm and look after others in a crisis?