Acts 27:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

Job 37:17

You almost melt in the heat of fierce desert winds when the sky is like brass.

Psalm 78:26

God's mighty power brought a strong wind from the south-east,

Song of Solomon 4:16

Let the north wind blow, the south wind too! Let them spread the aroma of my garden, so the one I love may enter and taste its delicious fruits.

Luke 12:55

When the south wind blows, you say, “It's going to get hot,” and it does.

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 27:12

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.

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 27:8

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,