Acts 15:41

15:41 He passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening ¹  the churches.

Acts 27:5

27:5 After we had sailed across the open sea ²  off Cilicia and Pamphylia, ³  we put in ⁴  at Myra ⁵  in Lycia. ⁶ 

Acts 15:23

15:23 They sent this letter with them: ⁷ 

From the apostles ⁸  and elders, your brothers, ⁹  to the Gentile brothers and sisters ¹⁰  in Antioch, ¹¹  Syria, ¹²  and Cilicia, greetings!

[15:41]  ¹ sn Strengthening. See Acts 14:22; 15:32; 18:23.

[27:5]  ² tn Grk “the depths,” the deep area of a sea far enough from land that it is not protected by the coast (L&N 1.73).

[27:5]  ³ sn Pamphylia was a province in the southern part of Asia Minor; it was west of Cilicia (see BDAG 753 s.v. Παμφυλία).

[27:5]  ⁴ tn BDAG 531 s.v. κατέρχομαι 2 states, “Of ships and those who sail in them, who ‘come down’ fr. the ‘high seas’: arrive, put in…ἔις τι at someth. a harbor 18:22; 21:3; 27:5.”

[27:5]  ⁵ sn Myra was a city on the southern coast of Lycia in Asia Minor. This journey from Sidon (v. 3) was 440 mi (700 km) and took about 15 days.

[27:5]  ⁶ sn Lycia was the name of a peninsula on the southern coast of Asia Minor between Caria and Pamphylia.

[15:23]  ³ tn Grk “writing by their hand” (an idiom for sending a letter).

[15:23]  ⁴ tn Grk “The apostles.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[15:23]  ⁵ tn Grk “brothers,” but “your” is supplied to specify the relationship, since without it “brothers” could be understood as vocative in English.

[15:23]  ⁶ tn Grk “to the brothers who are from the Gentiles.”

[15:23]  ⁷ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).

[15:23]  ⁸ tn Grk “and Syria,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.