Acts 27:5

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra, in Lycia.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And sailing over the sea of Cilicia, and Pamphylia, we came to Lystra, which is in Lycia:

Free Bible Version

Then we sailed directly across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, arriving at the port of Myra in Lycia.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then sayled we ouer the sea by Cilicia, and Pamphilia, and came to Myra, a citie in Lycia.

King James (Authorized) Version

And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

Plain English Version

Then we crossed over the sea close to the coast of Cilicia country and Pamfilia country, and we got to a town called Myra, in Lisia country. Then we got off the ship there and looked for another ship to take us to Rome, in Italy country.

Translation for Translators

After that, we crossed over the sea close to the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia provinces. The ship arrived at Myra city, which is in Lycia province. We got off the ship there.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Then we had sailed across the sea and were near the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra, a city of Lycia.

Noah Webster Bible

And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Mira, a city of Lycia.

World English Bible

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

Young's Literal Translation

and having sailed over the sea over-against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,

Context

Paul Sails for Rome

⁴After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.⁵And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.⁶There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

Summary

In Acts 27:5, the journey of Paul and other prisoners to Rome is described, where they sailed from Sidon to Myra. This verse highlights the historical context of Paul's voyage, showcasing the challenges and risks faced during ancient sea travel. It sets the stage for the tumultuous events that unfold later in the chapter, illustrating the providential guidance and protection that Paul experienced amidst the perils of the sea. The specific details of the journey underscore the realism and authenticity of the biblical narrative, emphasizing the historical accuracy of the events recorded in the book of Acts.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Pamphylia - See on Act 2:10 (note). Myra, a city of Lycia - The name of this city is written variously in the MSS., Myra, Murrha, Smyra, and Smyrna. Grotius conjectures that all these names are corrupted, and that it should be written Limyra, which is the name both of a river and city in Lycia. It is certain that, in common conversation, the first syllable, li, might be readily dropped, and then Myra, the word in the text, would remain. Strabo mentions both Myra and Limyra, lib. xiv. p. 666. The former, he says, is twenty stadia from the sea, επι μετεωρου λοφου, upon a high hill: the latter, he says, is the name of a river; and twenty stadia up this river is the town Limyra itself. These places were not far distant, and one of them is certainly meant.

John Gill Bible Commentary

And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia,.... For these two seas joined, as Pliny says (f), "mare Pamphylium Cilicio jungitur", the Pamphylian sea is joined to the Cilician; and in another place (g) he observes, that in the Pamphylian sea were islands of no note, and in the Cilician sea of the five chiefest was Cyprus (an island mentioned in the preceding verse), and a little after, the sea of Cilicia is distant from Anemurius fifty miles: we came to Myra a city of Lycia; not Limyra in Lycia, though that lay by the sea side; for according both to Pliny (h) and Ptolomy (i), Limyra and Myra were two distinct places in Lycia; which was a country, according to the latter, which had on the west and north Asia; (according to others, Caria on the west, and part of Lydia on the north;) on the east part of Pamphylia, and on the south the Lycian sea, or, as others, the Rhodian sea: much less was this the city of Smyrna, as some have said, which lay another way in Ionia, over against the Aegean sea; and still less Lystra, as the Alexandrian copy and Vulgate Latin version read, which was in Lycaonia, and in the continent many miles from the sea: Lycia was a country of the lesser Asia, and lay between Caria and Pamphylia, and so it is mentioned with Caria and Pamphylia, in: "And to all the countries and to Sampsames, and the Lacedemonians, and to Delus, and Myndus, and Sicyon, and Caria, and Samos, and Pamphylia, and Lycia, and Halicarnassus, and Rhodus, and Aradus, and Cos, and Side, and Aradus, and Gortyna, and Cnidus, and Cyprus, and Cyrene.'' (1 Maccabees 15:23) and the Carians, Pamphylians, and Lycians, are frequently put together in history; and the Lycians are said (k) to be originally of Crete, and to have their name from Lycus the son of Pandion; though some think that Lycia took its name "a luce", from light, and of this country Myra was the metropolis: Ptolomy calls it Myrra, as if it had the signification of "myrrhe"; and so Jerom or Origen (l) reads it here, and interprets it "bitter"; but Pliny and others call it Myra, as here, and it signifies "ointment"; and here the apostle staying some time, though it cannot be said how long, no doubt opened the box of the precious ointment of the Gospel, and diffused the savour of it in this place; for in the beginning of the "fourth" century, in Constantine's time, we read of one Nicolaus, a famous man, bishop of Myra in Lycia, who was present at the council of Nice, and there showed the scars and marks upon him, because of his constant confession of Christ under Maximinus; in the "fifth" century there was a bishop of this place, whose name was Romanus, and was in two synods, in the infamous one at Ephesus, where he favoured Eutyches, and in that at Chalcedon; in the "sixth" century mention is made of a bishop of this church in the acts of the synod at Rome and Constantinople; in the "seventh" century, Polyeuctus, bishop of Myra, was in the sixth synod at Constantinople, and in this century Myra was the metropolitan church of Lycia; in the "eighth" century, Theodorus, bishop of it, was in the Nicene synod; and in the ninth century this place was taken by the Saracens (m). (f) Hist. l. 5. c. 27. (g) Ib. c. 31. (h) Ib. c. 27. (i) Geograph. l. 5. c. 3. (k) Herodotus, l. 1. c. 173. & l. 7. c. 92. Pausanias, l. 1. p. 33. & l. 7. p. 401. (l) De Hebraicis Nominibus, fol. 106. A. (m) Magdeburg. Eccl. Hist. cent. 4. c. 2. p. 3. c. 10. p. 552. cent. 5. c. 2. p. 3. c. 10. p. 588. cent. 6. c. 2. p. 4. cent. 7. c. 2. p. 3. c. 7. p. 112. c. 10. p. 254. cent. 8. c. 2. p. 4. cent. 9. c. 3. p. 13.

Acts 27:5

Paul Sails for Rome

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Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra, in Lycia.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And sailing over the sea of Cilicia, and Pamphylia, we came to Lystra, which is in Lycia:

Free Bible Version

Then we sailed directly across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, arriving at the port of Myra in Lycia.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then sayled we ouer the sea by Cilicia, and Pamphilia, and came to Myra, a citie in Lycia.

King James (Authorized) Version

And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

Plain English Version

Translation for Translators

After that, we crossed over the sea close to the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia provinces. The ship arrived at Myra city, which is in Lycia province. We got off the ship there.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Then we had sailed across the sea and were near the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra, a city of Lycia.

Noah Webster Bible

And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Mira, a city of Lycia.

World English Bible

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

Young's Literal Translation

and having sailed over the sea over-against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Acts 27:5

Verse

Context

Paul Sails for Rome

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Acts 27:5

Paul Sails for Rome

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary