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Quicksands, the

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Smith's 18631 verse reference

Smith's 1863

more properly THE SYRTIS, THE, (Acts 27:17) the broad a deep bight on the north African coast between Carthage and Cyrene. There were properly two Syrtes--the eastern or larger, now called the Gulf of Sidra , and the western or smaller, now the Gulf of Cabes . It is the former to which our attention is directed in this passage of the Acts.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

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