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Acts 27:12 KJV
Acts · chapter 27 · verse 12
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.Acts 27:12 · King James Version
Acts 27:12 in context
10And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
11Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
12And 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.
13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
14But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commodiousaneuthetosnot convenient, not commodious, not fitG428 →
- advisedboulēcounsel, purposeG1012 →
- advisedtithēmito set, put, place, to place or lay, to put down, lay down, to bend down, to lay off or…G5087 →
- PhenicephoinixPhenice = " palm tree" , the name of a haven in Crete on the south coastG5405 →
- departanagōto lead up, to lead or bring into a higher place, of navigators launch out, set sail, put…G321 →
- attainkatantaōto come to, arrive, to come to a place over against, opposite another, metaph. to attain…G2658 →
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In these verses we have, I. The ship putting to sea again, and pursuing her voyage at first with a promising gale. Observe, 1. What induced them to leave the fair havens: it was because they thought the harbour not commodious to winter in; it was pleasant enough in summer but in the winter they lay bleak.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-20