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Acts 27:7-9
Lexham English Bible
Acts 27:7-9
Lexham English Bible
7 And sailing slowly, in many days and with difficulty we came[a] to Cnidus. Because[b] the wind did not permit us to go further, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone. 8 And sailing along its coast with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea.
9 And because[c] considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast[d] was already over, Paul strongly recommended,
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- Acts 27:7 Here this participle (“came”) has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style
- Acts 27:7 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle (“permit … to go further”)
- Acts 27:9 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle (“had passed”)
- Acts 27:9 A reference to the Jewish Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) which occurs in mid-autumn
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