Acts 21:3

“Now when we had discovered Cyprus, etc.] An island, as the Syriac version here calls it, which lay between Syria and Cilicia; (see Gill on “<440436>Acts 4:36”); and was, according to R. Benjamin f1067, four days sail from Rhodes, before mentioned: we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria; that part of it called Phoenicia: and landed at Tyre; the chief city of Phoenicia, famous for navigation and commerce: it stood about four furlongs distant from the shore, and was joined to the continent by Alexander the great f1068. The account Jerom f1069 gives of it is this, “Tyre, the metropolis of Phoenicia, in the tribe of Nephthalim, is near twenty miles from Caesarea Philippi; this was…”

“when we . . . discovered--"sighted," as the phrase is. Cyprus, we left it on the left hand--that is, steered southeast of it, leaving it on the northwest. sailed into--"unto" Syria, and landed at Tyre--the celebrated seat of maritime commerce for East and West. It might be reached from Patara in about two days. there the ship was to unlade her burden--which gave the apostle time for what follows.”

“Had discovered Cyprus - See the notes on Acts 4:36. Into Syria - See the notes on Matthew 4:24. And landed at Tyre - See the notes on Matthew 11:21. To unlade her burden - Her cargo. Tyre was formerly one of the most commercial cities of the world; and it is probable that in the time of Paul its commercial importance had not entirely ceased. return to 'Top of Page'”

“We landed at Tyre - That there should be Christians there was foretold, Psa 87:4. What we read in that psalm of the Philistines and Ethiopians also may be compared with Act 8:40; Act 27:4. Acts 21:4”

“Cyprus: Act 21:16, Act 4:36, Act 11:19, Act 13:4, Act 15:39, Act 27:4 Syria: Act 15:23, Act 15:41, Act 18:18; Jdg 10:6; Sa2 8:6; Isa 7:2; Mat 4:24; Luk 2:2 Tyre: Act 12:20; Psa 45:12, Psa 87:4; Isa 23:17, Isa 23:18; Mat 11:21; Luk 10:13 Acts 21:4”