Acts 27:12-14
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
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. 14 But after not much time a violent[d] wind rushed down from it[e], the one being called the “Northeaster[f]”.
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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.
- Acts 27:14 Or, typhonic, tempestuous.
- Acts 27:14 That is, down off the island, blowing them away from the coast.
- Acts 27:14 Or, Euraquilo, blowing from the northeast. Some manuscripts spell it Euroclydon.
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