Acts 27:12

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 107:30

They were happy that it was quiet, and God guided them to the port they wanted.

Acts 2:11

(both Jews and those who had become Jews), Crete, and Arabia. But we hear them telling in our own languages about the great things God has done!”

Acts 27:13

When 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, and we sailed very close to the island of Crete.

Acts 27:21

After the men had gone without food for a long time, Paul stood up before them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me. You should not have sailed from Crete. Then you would not have all this trouble and loss.

Acts 27:7

We sailed slowly for many days. We had a hard time reaching Cnidus because the wind was blowing against us, and we could not go any farther. So we sailed by the south side of the island of Crete near Salmone.

Acts 27:8

Sailing past it was hard. Then we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

Titus 1:12

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

Titus 1:5

I left you in Crete so you could finish doing the things that still needed to be done and so you could appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.