When we had come in sight of Cyprus (αναφαναντες την Κυπρον). First aorist active participle of αναφαινω (Doric form -φαναντες rat…

Had discovered Cyprus. (See Barnes on Acts 4:36).

Into Syria. (See Barnes on Matthew 4:24).

And landed at Tyre<…

When we had discovered Cyprus . . .—The use of a technical term here is specially characteristic of St. Luke. Here the me…

Paul and company sailed the four hundred miles from Patara to Tyre, the famous Phoenician seaport of Syria. A church had been established at Tyre t…

Now when we had discovered Cyprus
An island, as the Syriac version here calls it, which lay between Syria and Cilici…

Providence must be acknowledged when our affairs go well.