Acts 27:21

And when they had been without food for a long time, Paul got up among them and said, Friends, it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete, to undergo this damage and loss.

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But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

In Context

20And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.

22But now, I say to you, be of good heart, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:5Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

Acts 27:9And as a long time had gone by, and the journey was now full of danger, because it was late in the year, Paul put the position before them,

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:13-21

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. 15 And when the ship was… Read the whole commentary →

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