Acts 27:12

Moreover, of{the haven/harbor originating-under un-well-placed} toward bad-weather/storm-aside, the more-than[plural] place[verb] intention to-be-led-up/anew, and-thence if how they-might-be-being-enabled, meet[ing]-according-to into Phoenix, to-bad-weather/storm-aside [a] haven/harbor of{the Crete} viewing according-to south/west and according-to region/north-west.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11Moreover, the hundred-chief/centurion has-been-being-persuaded to{the helmsman/pilot} and to{the ship-possessor} more than to{the[plural] being-said} under of{the Paul}.

13Moreover, of{south/southwest blow[ing]-under/gently}, esteem[ing] of{the place-forth-sis[i.e. state of placing forth]} to-have-been-seized, lift[ing], they-have-been-skirting closer-to the Crete[feminine].

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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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