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Quicksands, The
        more properly THE SYRTIS,
        Ac 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.


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'quicksands, the' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
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