Acts 27:13 - The Scriptures 2009

And a south wind blowing softly, thinking they had obtained their purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed along Crete, close inshore.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So when the south wind blew softly, supposing they were gaining their object, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, hugging the coast.

American Standard Version (1901)

And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore.

Common English Bible

When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they could carry out their plan. They pulled up anchor and sailed closely along the coast of Crete.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And since the south wind was blowing gently, they thought that they might reach their goal. And after they had set out from Asson, they weighed anchor at Crete.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the south wind gently blowing, thinking that they had obtained their purpose, when they had loosed from Asson, they sailed close by Crete.

Acts 27:13 Cross References

Job 37:17

Why are your garments hot, when the earth is stilled from the south?

Psalm 78:26

He made an east wind blow in the heavens; And by His power He brought in the south wind.

Song of Solomon 4:16

Awake, O north wind, and come, O south! Blow upon my garden, let its spices flow out. Let my beloved come to his garden And eat its pleasant fruits.

Luke 12:55

“And when you see the south wind blow, you say, ‘There shall be hot weather,’ and it is.

Acts 2:11

Cretans and Araḇs, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the great deeds of Elohim.

Acts 27:12

And because the harbour was unsuitable to winter in, the greater part advised to set sail from there too, if somehow they were able to reach Phoenix, a harbour of Crete facing southwest and northwest, to pass the winter.

Acts 27:21

And when there had been a long abstinence from food, then Sha’ul, standing in the midst of them, said, “Truly, men, you should have listened to me not to have sailed from Crete and sustained this damage and loss.

Acts 27:8

And passing it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

Titus 1:12

One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

Titus 1:5

The reason I left you in Crete was that you should straighten out what was left undone, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you: