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We sailed slowly for a number of days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus. Since the wind did not permit us to go further, we sailed on the sheltered side of Crete, off Salmone. With difficulty we sailed along its coast and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

Since so much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the Fast[a] was already over, Paul advised them,

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  1. Acts 27:9 The Fast refers to the Jewish Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16) in the fall, just before the winter months, when sea travel was treacherous.