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Acts 27:7

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After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;

KJV

And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

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This verse in Acts 27

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Acts · Written before 735.

And after we had sailed slowly for many days, and with difficulty had come against Chios. It is better read as against Cnidus, which is an island opposite Asia.

This site's exposition

the winds were contrary

on Acts 27:4-8

The winds were contrary, and every leg Luke logs matches the sailing conditions of the season: under the lee of Cyprus, along Cilicia and Pamphylia to Myra, where the centurion transfers them to a ship of Alexandria, a grain carrier on the Egypt-to-Rome run, the empire's bread route. Slow days against the wind bring them scarce over against Cnidus, then under Crete by Salmone, and hardly to a place called The fair havens near Lasea. James Smith's classic study of this chapter found every bearing and delay consistent with the winds of the Levant in late season, and the exposition reports the accuracy as the evidence lane's standing witness to an eyewitness log.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And when we had sailed slowly many days,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It was a great while before they made the point of Cnidus, a port of Caria, and were forced to sail under Crete, as before under Cyprus; much difficulty they met with in passing by Salmone, a promontory on the eastern shore of the island of Crete. Though the voyage hitherto was not tempestuous, yet it was very tedious.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Had sailed slowly - By reason of the prevalence of the western winds, Act 27:4. Over against Cnidus - This was a city standing on a promontory of the same name in Asia Minor, in the part of the province of Caria called Doris, and a little northwest of the island of Rhodes. The wind not suffering us - The wind repelling us in that direction; not permitting us to hold on a direct course, we were driven off near to Crete. We sailed under Crete - See Act 27:

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But for the contrary wind they might have made the distance from Myra (one hundred thirty miles) in one day. They would naturally have put in at Cnidus, whose larger harbor was admirable, but the strong westerly current induced them to run south. under--the lee of Crete--(See on Tit 1:5). over against Salmone--the cape at the eastern extremity of the island.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Sailed slowly many days - Partly because the wind was contrary, and partly because the vessel was heavy laden. Over against Cnidus - This was a city or promontory of Asia, opposite to Crete, at one corner of the peninsula of Caria. Some think that this was an island between Crete and a promontory of the same name. Over against Salmone - We have already seen that the island formerly called Crete is now called Candia; and Salmone or Sammon, or Samonium, now called Cape Salamon, or Salamina, was a promontory on the eastern coast of that island.

The words behind it

21 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Acts 27:21After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.4 worksActs 2:11both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”3 worksTitus 1:12As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”3 worksTitus 1:5The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.3 worksActs 27:12–13Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.3 worksActs 27:4After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Titus 1:5

    The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

    it leads to

    • Acts 14:23

      Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

    • 1 Timothy 1:3

      As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines

    • Ecclesiastes 12:9

      Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.

    • 1 Corinthians 14:40

      But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.

  • Through

    Titus 1:12

    As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

    it leads to

    • Romans 16:18

      For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

    • 1 Timothy 4:2

      influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

  • Through

    Acts 2:11

    both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 12:10

      to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.

    • Exodus 15:11

      Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

Where this verse is studied

About Acts

The Ascension, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Ascension, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Acts: the study guide →Read Acts 27 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Acts; James Smith, The Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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