Acts 27:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The harbour at Fair Havens wasn't a good place to spend the winter. Because of this, almost everyone agreed that we should at least try to sail along the coast of Crete as far as Phoenix. It had a harbour that opened towards the south-west and north-west, and we could spend the winter there.

Cross References

Psalm 107:30

You were happy because of this, and he brought you to the port where you wanted to go.

Acts 2:11

Crete, and Arabia. Some of us were born Jews, and others of us have chosen to be Jews. Yet we all hear them using our own languages to tell the wonderful things God has done.

Acts 27:13

When a gentle wind from the south started blowing, the men thought it was a good time to do what they had planned. So they pulled up the anchor, and we sailed along the coast of Crete.

Acts 27:21

Since none of us had eaten anything for a long time, Paul stood up and told the men: You should have listened to me! If you had stayed on in Crete, you would not have had this damage and loss.

Acts 27:7

We sailed along slowly for several days and had a hard time reaching Cnidus. The wind would not let us go any further in that direction, so we sailed past Cape Salmone, where the island of Crete would protect us from the wind.

Acts 27:8

We went slowly along the coast and finally reached a place called Fair Havens, not far from the town of Lasea.

Titus 1:12

It is like one of their own prophets once said, “The people of Crete always tell lies. They are greedy and lazy like wild animals.”

Titus 1:5

I left you in Crete to do what had been left undone and to appoint leaders for the churches in each town. As I told you,