And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
Parallel translations
- WEB When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
- BSB And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
- NKJV And when we had sailed over the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
- NASB When we had sailed through the sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.
- NLT Keeping to the open sea, we passed along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, landing at Myra, in the province of Lycia.
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They cross the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia and arrive at Myra in Lycia.
Overview
The voyage proceeds along the southern coast of Asia Minor to Myra, a major port. Luke's geographical accuracy lends historical reliability to the account. Each leg of the journey, though seemingly routine, advances Paul toward Rome under God's overruling guidance.
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- Acts 6:9Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
- Acts 13:13Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
- Acts 22:3I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
- Gal 1:21Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
- Acts 21:39But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
- Acts 15:23And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
- Acts 15:38But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
- Acts 15:41And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
- Acts 2:10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
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