Acts 27:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone,

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  • Acts 27:21 : 21 And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, `It behoved `you', indeed, O men -- having hearkened to me -- not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;
  • Titus 1:5 : 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;
  • Titus 1:12 : 12 A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said -- `Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!'
  • Acts 2:11 : 11 Cretes and Arabians, we did hear them speaking in our tongues the great things of God.'
  • Acts 27:12-13 : 12 and the haven being incommodious to winter in, the more part gave counsel to sail thence also, if by any means they might be able, having attained to Phenice, `there' to winter, `which is' a haven of Crete, looking to the south-west and north-west, 13 and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained `their' purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,
  • Acts 27:4 : 4 And thence, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 27:8-21
    14 verses
    87%

    8and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called `Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city `of' Lasaea.

    9And much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous -- because of the fast also being already past -- Paul was admonishing,

    10saying to them, `Men, I perceive that with hurt, and much damage, not only of the lading and of the ship, but also of our lives -- the voyage is about to be;'

    11but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul;

    12and the haven being incommodious to winter in, the more part gave counsel to sail thence also, if by any means they might be able, having attained to Phenice, `there' to winter, `which is' a haven of Crete, looking to the south-west and north-west,

    13and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained `their' purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,

    14and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,

    15and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given `her' up, we were borne on,

    16and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

    17which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast -- so were borne on.

    18And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding `day' they were making a clearing,

    19and on the third `day' with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,

    20and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

    21And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, `It behoved `you', indeed, O men -- having hearkened to me -- not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;

  • Acts 27:2-6
    5 verses
    83%

    2and having embarked in a ship of Adramyttium, we, being about to sail by the coasts of Asia, did set sail, there being with us Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica,

    3on the next `day' also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, did permit `him', having gone on unto friends, to receive `their' care.

    4And thence, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary,

    5and having sailed over the sea over-against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,

    6and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, did put us into it,

  • Acts 27:26-32
    7 verses
    82%

    26and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'

    27And when the fourteenth night came -- we being borne up and down in the Adria -- toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;

    28and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,

    29and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

    30And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as `if' out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,

    31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, `If these do not remain in the ship -- ye are not able to be saved;'

    32then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.

  • Acts 21:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1And it came to pass, at our sailing, having been parted from them, having run direct, we came to Coos, and the succeeding `day' to Rhodes, and thence to Patara,

    2and having found a ship passing over to Phenicia, having gone on board, we sailed,

    3and having discovered Cyprus, and having left it on the left, we were sailing to Syria, and did land at Tyre, for there was the ship discharging the lading.

  • Acts 28:10-14
    5 verses
    79%

    10who also with many honours did honour us, and we setting sail -- they were lading `us' with the things that were necessary.

    11And after three months, we set sail in a ship (that had wintered in the isle) of Alexandria, with the sign Dioscuri,

    12and having landed at Syracuse, we remained three days,

    13thence having gone round, we came to Rhegium, and after one day, a south wind having sprung up, the second `day' we came to Puteoli;

    14where, having found brethren, we were called upon to remain with them seven days, and thus to Rome we came;

  • Acts 27:37-41
    5 verses
    78%

    37(and we were -- all the souls in the ship -- two hundred, seventy and six),

    38and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.

    39And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain creek were perceiving having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship,

    40and the anchors having taken up, they were committing `it' to the sea, at the same time -- having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the wind -- they were making for the shore,

    41and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the fore-part, indeed, having stuck fast, did remain immoveable, but the hinder-part was broken by the violence of the waves.

  • Acts 20:15
    78%

    15and thence having sailed, on the morrow we came over-against Chios, and the next day we arrived at Samos, and having remained in Trogyllium, on the following day we came to Miletus,

  • Acts 20:6
    75%

    6and we sailed, after the days of the unleavened food, from Philippi, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.

  • Jonah 1:13
    75%

    13And the men row to turn back unto the dry land, and are not able, for the sea is more and more tempestuous against them.

  • Acts 16:11
    74%

    11having set sail, therefore, from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, on the morrow also to Neapolis,

  • Acts 21:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6and having embraced one another, we embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own friends.

    7And we, having finished the course, from Tyre came down to Ptolemais, and having saluted the brethren, we remained one day with them;

  • Acts 28:1
    73%

    1And having been saved, then they knew that the island is called Melita,

  • Matt 14:24
    72%

    24and the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

  • Acts 27:43-44
    2 verses
    72%

    43but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first -- to get unto the land,

    44and the rest, some indeed upon boards, and some upon certain things of the ship; and thus it came to pass that all came safe unto the land.

  • Jonah 1:11
    71%

    11And they say unto him, `What do we do to thee that the sea may cease from us, for the sea is more and more tempestuous?'