Acts 27:13 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 27:13

When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore.

KJV

And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.

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Commentary

2 voices

Cassiodorus

Complexiones on the Acts of the Apostles (585)

"And the south wind gently blowing, thinking that they had obtained their purpose." When they had left the harbor of Finicena, thinking that they could reach their destination with a harbor, suddenly the wind called Euroaquilo began to blow very violently against them. Then the …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The south wind - The wind before had probably been a head-wind, blowing from the west. When it veered round to the south, and when it blew gently, though not entirely favorable, yet it was so that they supposed they could sail along the coast of Crete. Had obtained their purpose - The object of their desire; that is, to sail safely along the coast of Crete. Loosing thence - Setting sail from the fair havens. Close by Crete - Near the shore. It is evident that they designed, if possible, to make the harbor of Phenice to winter there.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὑποπνεύσαντος	Hupopneusantos	When was blowing gently	G5285 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
νότου	notou	a south wind	G3558 →
δόξαντες	doxantes	having thought	G1380 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
προθέσεως	protheseōs	purpose	G4286 →
κεκρατηκέναι,	kekratēkenai	to have obtained,	G2902 →
ἄραντες	arantes	having weighed [anchor]	G142 →
ἆσσον	asson	very near	G788 →
παρελέγοντο	parelegonto	they were coasting along	G3881 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
Κρήτην.	Krētēn	Crete.	G2914 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Psalms 78:26
He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.
leads to
- Numbers 11:31
  Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey…
Through
Song of Solomon 4:16
Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 6:2
  My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
- Song of Solomon 5:1
  I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk.…
- Song of Solomon 4:13–14
  Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
- Acts 2:1–2
  When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
- Song of Solomon 7:12–13
  Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.
Through
Job 37:17
You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
leads to
- Luke 12:55
  And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
- Psalms 147:18
  He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.