Acts 27:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

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 27:21

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 27:4

When we left Sidon, the winds were blowing against us, and we sailed close to the island of Cyprus to be safe from the wind.

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,