Acts 27:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Also, that harbor was not a good place for the ship to stay for the winter, so most of the men decided that we should leave there. They hoped we could reach Phoenix, where the ship could stay for the winter. Phoenix was a city on the island of Crete. It had a harbor that faced southwest and northwest.

Cross References

Acts 27:8

We sailed along the coast, but the sailing was hard. Then we came to a place called Safe Harbors, near the city of Lasea.

Psalm 107:30

The sailors were happy that the sea became calm, and he led them safely to where they wanted to go.

Acts 2:11

Crete, and Arabia. Some of us were born Jews, and others have changed their religion to worship God like Jews. We are from these different countries, but we can hear these men in our own languages! We can all understand the great things they are saying about God.”

Acts 27:7

We sailed slowly for many days. It was hard for us to reach the city of Cnidus because the wind was blowing against us. We could not go any farther that way, so we sailed by the south side of the island of Crete near Salmone.

Acts 27:13

Then a good wind began to blow from the south. The men on the ship thought, “This is the wind we wanted, and now we have it!” So they pulled up the anchor. We sailed very close to the island of Crete.

Acts 27:21

The men did not eat for a long time. Then one day Paul stood up before them and said, “Men, I told you not to leave Crete. You should have listened to me. Then you would not have all this trouble and loss.

Titus 1:5

I left you in Crete so that you could finish doing what still needed to be done. And I also left you there so that you could choose men to be elders in every town.

Titus 1:12

Even one of their own prophets said, “Cretans are always liars. They are evil animals and lazy people who do nothing but eat.”