Acts 21:3

After we sighted Cyprus ¹  and left it behind on our port side, ²  we sailed on to Syria and put in ³  at Tyre, ⁴  because the ship was to unload its cargo there.

Jud 10:6; 2Sa 8:6; Ps 45:12; Ps 87:4; Isa 7:2; Isa 23:17,18; Mt 4:24; Mt 11:21; Lu 2:2; Lu 10:13; Ac 4:36; Ac 11:19; Ac 12:20; Ac 13:4; Ac 15:23,41; Ac 15:39; Ac 18:18; Ac 21:16; Ac 27:4

¹ sn Cyprus is a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.

² 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 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 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.

map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.