Acts 27:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴ We headed out to sea from there and sailed along the sheltered side of Cyprus because the wind was against us.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ After putting to sea from there we passed to the leeward (south side) of Cyprus [for protection], for the winds were contrary to us.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴ From there we sailed off. We passed Cyprus, using the island to shelter us from the headwinds.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And when we had set sail from there, we navigated below Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Acts 27:4 Cross References

Matthew 14:24

[Meanwhile] the boat, still some distance from shore, was being severely battered by the waves because of the opposing winds.

Mark 6:48

When He saw how distressed His disciples were, rowing against an opposing wind, Jesus came to them between three and six o’clock in the morning, walking on the water, and almost walked past them.

Luke 8:22

Now it happened on one of those days that Jesus entered a boat with His disciples. He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side” [i.e., the east side of Lake Galilee]; so they launched out.

Acts 13:4

So, as they were sent out by [the direction of] the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia [a seaport], and from there they sailed on to [the island of] Cyprus.

Acts 15:39

A heated discussion developed [over this matter] so that Paul and Barnabas went their separate ways [over it], with Barnabas sailing for Cyprus and taking [John] Mark with him.

Acts 21:16

Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us also, bringing with them Mnason from Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to live [while in Jerusalem].

Acts 21:3

When we sighted Cyprus [i.e., a large island], we sailed past it on our port side and arrived at Tyre [i.e., a major seaport] in Syria [i.e., on the west coast of Palestine], where the ship was to unload its cargo.

Acts 27:7

When we had sailed slowly for many days [and] had trouble passing Cnidus because of an unfavorable wind, we sailed on the sheltered side of Crete and on past Salmone.

Acts 4:36

And Joseph, who was called by the apostles, Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”), was a descendant of the Jewish tribe of Levi, whose family originated from [the island of] Cyprus.