Acts 27:7 - English Majority Text Version 2009

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ For a number of days we made slow progress and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus; then, as the wind did not permit us to proceed, we went under the lee (shelter) of Crete off Salmone,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;

Common English Bible

⁷ After many days of slow and difficult sailing, we arrived off the coast of Cnidus. The wind wouldn’t allow us to go farther, so we sailed under the shelter of Crete off Salmone.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And when we had sailed slowly for many days and had barely arrived opposite Cnidus, for the wind was hindering us, we sailed to Crete, near Salmone.

Acts 27:7 Cross References

Acts 2:11

Cretans and Arabs-we hear them speaking in our own tongues the mighty [deeds] of God."

Acts 27:21

Now 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.

Acts 27:4

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

Titus 1:12

There said a certain one of them, a prophet of their own, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons."

Titus 1:5

For this reason I left you behind in Crete, so that you should set in order the things[ ]that are lacking, and you should appoint elders in every city as I commanded you: