Acts 27:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹³ And when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close inshore.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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

¹³ 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)

¹³ 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

¹³ 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

¹³ 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

¹³ 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

you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind?

Psalm 78:26

He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;

Song of Solomon 4:16

Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its fragrance be wafted abroad. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits.

Luke 12:55

And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens.

Acts 2:11

Cretans and Arabians, we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”

Acts 27:12

And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to put to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, looking northeast and southeast, and winter there.

Acts 27:21

As they had been long without food, Paul then came forward among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me, and should not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.

Acts 27:8

Coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

Titus 1:12

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

Titus 1:5

This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was defective, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you,