Acts 21:3 Meaning and Explanation
“Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.”
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Read Full Chapter →Sighting Cyprus and passing it to the north, the ship sails to Syria and puts in at Tyre to unload its cargo.
What Does Acts 21:3 Mean?
The ship comes within sight of Cyprus and leaves it on the left, sailing southeast to the Syrian coast and landing at Tyre, an ancient seaport, where it must unload its freight. The pause for cargo gives Paul's company a stay of several days in the city.
Tyre was a place the prophets had once spoken against, and here it holds a company of believers. The gospel has reached even this old merchant city. What looks like a delay for commerce becomes, in God's ordering, an appointment with brothers and sisters in Christ.
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What does Acts 21:3 mean?
Sighting Cyprus and passing it to the north, the ship sails to Syria and puts in at Tyre to unload its cargo.