Found only in Acts 27:17, the rendering of the Greek Syrtis. On the north coast of Africa were two localities dangerous to sailors, called the Greater and Lesser Syrtis. The former of these is probably here meant. It lies between Tripoli and Barca, and near Cyrene. The Lesser Syrtis lay farther to the west.
Water
Syrtis
- Today
- water; from harper; now Sidra
- Location
- 31.500°N, 18.000°E
- Mentioned
- 1 verse
About Syrtis
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
What happened here
- AD 57Paul is shipwrecked by a stormActs 27:13–44
Every mention
Acts
27:17
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.