And sailing slowly many days and with difficulty, coming abreast of Cnidus; the wind not allowing us; we sailed close to Crete, across from Salmone.
Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking the great things of God in our own languages.
But there being much fasting, then standing up in their midst, Paul said, O men, being obedient to me you ought not to have set sail from Crete, and to have come by this harm and loss.
And setting sail from there, we sailed close to Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.
For this cause I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed you,