Bible verse
After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
Acts 27:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Acts 27.
1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
2 We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
4 After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
5 And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
7 After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
8 After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
KJV
And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
ASV
And putting to sea from thence, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
ERV
And putting to sea from thence, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
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