Acts 27:12

James Moffatt - New Testament

and, as the harbour was badly placed for wintering in, the majority proposed to set sail and try if they could reach Phoenix and winter there (Phoenix is a Cretan harbour facing S.W. and N.W.).

Cross References

Acts 27:8

and coasting along it with great difficulty we reached a place called Fair Havens, not far from the town of Lasea.

Acts 2:11

Cretans and Arabians, we hear these men talking of the triumphs of God in our own languages!"

Acts 27:7

For a number of days we made a slow passage and had great difficulty in arriving off Cnidus; then, as the wind checked our progress, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Cape Salmone,

Acts 27:13

When a moderate southerly breeze sprang up, they thought they had secured their object, and after weighing anchor they sailed along the coast of Crete, close inshore.

Acts 27:21

When they had gone without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and spared yourselves this hardship and loss by refusing to set sail from Crete.

Titus 1:5

I left you behind in Crete in order to finish putting things right and to appoint presbyters in every town as I told you,

Titus 1:12

It has been said by one of themselves, by a prophet of their own, that — "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."