Acts 27:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ We sailed slowly for many days. We had a hard time reaching Cnidus [^Ca port on the southwest side of Asia Minor] because the wind was blowing against us, and we could not go any farther. So we sailed ·by the south side [^Lunder the shelter/lee] of the island of Crete [^Ca large island off the southern coast of Asia Minor] near Salmone [^Ca promontory on the eastern coast of Crete, present-day Cape Sidero]. ⁸ Sailing past it was hard. Then we came to a place called Fair Havens [^Ca bay on the southern coast of Crete], near the ·city [town] of Lasea [^Ca nearby Cretan city].

⁹ We had lost much time, and it was now dangerous to sail, because it was already after ·the Day of Cleansing [^Lthe Fast; ^Cthe Day of Atonement; Yom Kippur in Hebrew; Lev. 16; either late September or early October]. So Paul ·warned [advised] them,