Acts 27:13

A Conservative Version

And when a south wind blew gently, having presumed to have obtained their purpose, after taking up anchor, they sailed very near by Crete.

Cross References

Luke 12:55

And when a south wind is blowing, ye say, There will be heat, and it happens.

Song of Solomon 4:16

Awake, O north wind, and come, thou south, blow upon my garden, that the spices of it may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious fruits.

Psalm 78:26

He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he guided the south wind.

Job 37:17

How thy garments are warm when the earth is still because of the south [wind]?

Acts 2:11

Cretes and Arabians. We hear them speaking in our tongues the great things of God.

Acts 27:8

And sailing by it with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was Lasea City.

Acts 27:12

And since the haven was inconvenient to winter in, the majority gave counsel to launch from there also, if somehow they might be able, after arriving at Phoenix, to winter in a haven of Crete, looking toward southwest and northwest

Acts 27:21

And being long without food, then Paul, who stood in the midst of them, said, Ye truly ought, O men, to have complied with me, not to launch from Crete, and gain this damage and loss.

Titus 1:5

I left thee behind in Crete on account of this: That thou should set in order the things lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded thee,

Titus 1:12

A certain man of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies.