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7-8 We had several days of rough sailing, and finally neared Cnidus;[a] but the winds had become too strong, so we ran across to Crete, passing the port of Salome. Beating into the wind with great difficulty and moving slowly along the southern coast, we arrived at Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea. There we stayed for several days. The weather was becoming dangerous for long voyages by then because it was late in the year,[b] and Paul spoke to the ship’s officers about it.

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  1. Acts 27:7 Cnidus, a port on the southeast coast of Turkey.
  2. Acts 27:9 because it was late in the year, literally, “because the Fast was now already gone by.” It came about the time of the autumn equinox.

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