Acts 27:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Since the harbor was not suitable for spending the winter, the majority was in favor of putting to sea from there on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, where they could spend the winter. It was a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest.

Cross References

Psalm 107:30

Then they were glad because they had quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.

Acts 2:11

Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.”

Acts 27:13

When a moderate south wind began to blow, they thought they could achieve their purpose; so they weighed anchor and began to sail past Crete, close to the shore.

Acts 27:21

Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul then stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and thereby avoided this damage and loss.

Acts 27:7

We sailed slowly for a number of days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, and as the wind was against us, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.

Acts 27:8

Sailing past it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

Titus 1:12

It was one of them, their very own prophet, who said, “Cretans are always liars, vicious brutes, lazy gluttons.”

Titus 1:5

I left you behind in Crete for this reason, so that you should put in order what remained to be done and should appoint elders in every town, as I directed you: