Acts 27:7 KJV

And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

Old Words

  • suffering to allow; to permit (also to undergo)

What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.

Matthew Henry

  • Paul's voyage towards RomeIt was determined by the counsel of God, before it was determined by the counsel of Festus, that Paul should go to Rome; for God had work for him to do...

Thompson Chains

  • CreteStarts here · next Acts 27:21 · 3 links

Parallel Passages

  • Acts 28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Acts 27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
  • Acts 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
  • Acts 27:12–13 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. …
  • Titus 1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
  • Titus 1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

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Topics

  • Cnidus A city in Asia Minor
  • Crete Visited by Paul
  • Luke To Rome
  • Paul Transferred to a ship of Alexandria; sails by way of Cnidus, Crete, Salamis, and the Fair Havens
  • Prisoners Paul

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • CnidusA town and harbour on the extreme south-west of the peninsula of Doris in Asia Minor. Paul sailed past it on his voyage to Rome after...
  • CreteNow called Candia, one of the largest islands in the Meditterranean, about 140 miles long and 35 broad. It was at one time a very...
  • SalmoneA promontory on the east of Crete, under which Paul sailed on his voyage to Rome (Acts 27:7); the modern Cape Sidero.

Strong’s Numbers

  • And δέ dé
  • when we had sailed slowly βραδυπλοέω bradyploéō ἐν en
  • many ἱκανός hikanós
  • days ἡμέρα hēméra
  • and καί kaí
  • scarce μόλις mólis
  • were come γίνομαι gínomai
  • over against κατά katá
  • Cnidus Κνίδος Knídos
  • the wind ἄνεμος ánemos
  • not μή mḗ
  • suffering προσεάω proseáō
  • us ἡμᾶς hēmâs
  • we sailed under ὑποπλέω hypopléō
  • Crete Κρήτη Krḗtē
  • over against κατά katá
  • Salmone Σαλμώνη Salmṓnē

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