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Acts 27:5

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What does Acts 27:5 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, [a city] of Lycia.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, [a city] of Lycia.
Acts 27:5 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 27

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
2And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail unto the places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
3And the next day we touched at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go unto his friends and refresh himself.
4And putting to sea from thence, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, [a city] of Lycia.
6And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy; and he put us therein.
7And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;
8and with difficulty coasting along it we came unto a certain place called Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, etc.] For these two seas joined, as Pliny says f1253, “mare Pamphylium Cilicio jungitur”, the Pamphylian sea is joined to the Cilician; and in another place f1254 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 f1255 and Ptolomy f1256, Limyra and Myra were two distinct places in Lycia; which was a country, according to the…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“when we had sailed over the Sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia--coasts with which Paul had been long familiar, the one, perhaps, from boyhood, the other from the time of his first missionary tour. we came to Myra, a city of Lycia--a port a little east of Patara (see on Act 21:1).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia - The sea which lies off the, coast from these two regions. For their situation, see the notes on Acts 6:9, and Acts 13:13. We came to Myra, a city of Lycia - Lycia was a province in the southwestern part of Asia Minor, having Phrygia and Pisidia on the north, the Mediterranean on the south, Pamphylia on the east, and Carla on the west. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Cilicia: Act 6:9, Act 15:23, Act 15:41, Act 21:39, Act 22:3; Gal 1:21 Pamphylia: Act 2:10, Act 13:13, Act 15:38 Myra: Myra was a city of Lycia, situated on a hill, twenty stadia from the sea. Acts 27:6”
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