Acts 27:21

Nobody had eaten anything for a long time. Then Paul stood before them and told them, “Men, you should have listened to me and not sailed from Crete. Then you could have avoided all this hardship 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

20We hadn't seen the sun or the stars for many days as the storm beat down on us; so any hope of our being saved was lost.

22But now I advise you keep up your courage, because nobody is going to be lost, just the ship.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:5Hungry and thirsty, they became very discouraged.

Acts 27:9We'd lost a lot of time, and the voyage was becoming dangerous because it was now after the Fast. Paul warned 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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