Acts 27:11-13
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
11 But the centurion was being persuaded more by the helmsman and the captain than by the things being said by Paul. 12 And the harbor being unsuitable for wintering, the majority made a plan[a] to put-to-sea from there— if somehow they might be able to spend-the-winter having attained to Phoenix[b], a harbor of Crete looking toward the southwest and toward the northwest.
A Severe Storm Catches The Ship
13 Now a south-wind [c] having blown-moderately— having supposed that they had taken-hold-of their purpose, having lifted anchor, they were sailing-along very-near Crete.
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- Acts 27:12 Or, gave counsel.
- Acts 27:12 This more favorable port was 38 miles or 61 kilometers further west.
- Acts 27:13 That is, a wind blowing from the south, which would have taken them to Phoenix in a few hours.
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