Acts 27:7

And sailing slowly many days, and with difficulty arriving down off Cnidus, since the wind would not permit us to go on, we sailed under the sheltered side of Crete, down off Salmone.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy, and he put us aboard in it.

8And with difficulty sailing past it, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea. 1 Paul's Warning Ignored

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Cross References

Acts 27:4And from there having put to sea, we sailed under the sheltered side of Cyprus, because the winds were against us.

Acts 27:21Now when they had abstained from food for a long time, then stood Paul in the midst of them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice and not put to sea from Crete, and to spare yourselves this hardship and loss.

Titus 1:12There said a certain one of them, a prophet of their own, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle 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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