Acts 21:3

21:3 After we sighted Cyprus ¹  and left it behind on our port side, ²  we sailed on to Syria and put in ³  at Tyre, ⁴  because the ship was to unload its cargo there.

Acts 21:7

21:7 We continued the voyage from Tyre ⁵  and arrived at Ptolemais, ⁶  and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.

[21:3]  ¹ sn Cyprus is a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.

[21:3]  ² sn The expression left it behind on our port side here means “sailed past to the south of it” since the ship was sailing east.

[21:3]  ³ tn BDAG 531 s.v. κατέρχομαι 2 states, “arrive, put in, nautical t.t. of ships and those who sail in them, who ‘come down’ fr. the ‘high seas’…ἔις τι at someth. a harbor 18:22; 21:3; 27:5.”

[21:3]  ⁴ sn Tyre was a city and seaport on the coast of Phoenicia. From Patara to Tyre was about 400 mi (640 km). It required a large cargo ship over 100 ft (30 m) long, and was a four to five day voyage.

[21:7]  ⁵ sn Tyre was a city and seaport on the coast of Phoenicia.

[21:7]  ⁶ sn Ptolemais was a seaport on the coast of Palestine about 30 mi (48 km) south of Tyre.