QUICKSANDS, THE [smith]
more properly THE
SYRTIS, THE, (
Acts 27:17) the broad a deep bight on the north African coast between Carthage and Cyrene. There were properly two Syrtes--the eastern or larger, now called the
Gulf of Sidra , and the western or smaller, now the
Gulf of Cabes . It is the former to which our attention is directed in this passage of the Acts.
