Acts 27:7-17
Cnidus <2834> [Cnidus.]
Cnidus was a town and promontory of Caria in Asia Minor, opposite Crete, now Cape Krio.
we sailed under the lee <5284> [we sailed.]
we sailed under the lee <5284> [under.]
Crete <2914> [Crete, or, Candy.]
Crete, now Candy, is a large island in the Mediterranean, 250 miles in length, 50 in breadth, and 600 in circumference, lying at the entrance of the Aegean sea.
Salmone <4534> [Salmone.]
Salmone, now Salamina, was a city and cape on the east of the island of Crete.
<2570 2568> [The fair havens.]
The Fair Havens, still known by the same name, was a port on the south-eastern part of Crete, near Lasea, of which nothing now remains.
fast <3521> [the fast.]
"The fast was on the tenth day of the seventh month."
I can see <2334> [I perceive.]
loss <2209> [damage, or, injury.]
was ... convinced <3982> [believed.]
harbor ............................ a harbor <3040> [the haven.]
Phoenix <5405> [Phenice.]
Phenice, was a sea-port on the western side of Crete; probably defended from the fury of the winds by a high and winding shore, forming a semicircle, and perhaps by some small island in front; leaving two openings, one towards the south-west, and the other towards the north-west.
Crete <2914> [Crete.]
south wind <3558> [the south.]
weighed anchor <142> [loosing.]
Not <3756> [not.]
[arose, or beat. a tempestuous.]
northeaster <2148> [Euroclydon.]
Probably, as Dr. Shaw supposes, one of those tempestuous winds called levanters, which blow in all directions, from N. E. round by E. to S. E.
gave way <1929> [we.]
Cauda <2802> [Clauda.]
Clauda, called Cauda and Gaudos by Mela and Pliny, and Claudos by Ptolemy, and now Gozo, according to Dr. Shaw, is a small island, situated at the south-western extremity of the island of Crete.
Fearing <5399> [fearing.]
