Acts 27:8-15
<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.]
