Acts 27:13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they had achieved their purpose. They weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.

Cross References

Luke 12:55

And when the south wind is blowing, you say, “It’s going to be hot,” and it is.

Song of Solomon 4:16

Awaken,  north wind; come, south wind. Blow on my garden, and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my love come to his garden and eat its choicest fruits.

Job 37:17

You whose clothes get hot when the south wind brings calm to the land,

Acts 2:11

Cretans and Arabs #– #we hear them declaring the magnificent acts of God in our own tongues.’

Acts 27:8

With still more difficulty we sailed along the coast and came to a place called Fair Havens near the city of Lasea.

Acts 27:12

Since the harbour was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to set sail from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenix, a harbour on Crete  facing the southwest and northwest, and to winter there.

Acts 27:21

Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul then stood up among them and said, ‘You men should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete and sustain this damage and loss.

Titus 1:5

The reason I left you in Crete  was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders  in every town.

Titus 1:12

One of their very own prophets said, ‘Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.’