Acts 27:7

And sailing slowly many days, and having come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us to put in[27:7], we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

In Context

6And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy; and he put us on board of it.

8and coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city Lasa.

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Cross References

Acts 27:4And thence having put to sea, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary,

Acts 27:21But after much abstinence, then Paul, standing up in the midst of then, said: Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me and not put to sea from Crete, and so have escaped this violence and loss.

Titus 1:12One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said: Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:2-12

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. 2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. 3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. 4 And when we had launched… Read the whole commentary →

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