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Acts 27:7 KJV
Acts · chapter 27 · verse 7
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;Acts 27:7 · King James Version
Acts 27:7 in context
5And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
6And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
7And 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;
8And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
9Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sufferingproseaōto permit one to approach or arriveG4330 →
- againstkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- slowlybradyploeōto sail slowlyG1020 →
- slowlyenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- scarcemoliswith difficulty, hardly, not easilyG3433 →
- CnidusknidosCnidus or Gnidus = " nettled" , a peninsula [now Cape Crio] and a city by the…G2834 →
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It does not appear how long it was after Paul's conference with Agrippa that he was sent away for Rome, pursuant to his appeal to Caesar; but it is likely they took the first convenience they could hear of to do it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11