Acts 27:8

Acts 27:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
• New International Version (NIV)We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Passing it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

Context of Acts 27:8

6There the centurion [Julius] found an Alexandrian ship [a grain ship of the Roman fleet] sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it. 7For a number of days we sailed slowly and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus; then, because the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the leeward (sheltered) side of Crete, off Salmone; and hugging the shore with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea [on the south side of Crete]. 9Now much time had been lost, and navigation was dangerous, because even [the time for] the fast (Day of Atonement) was already over, so Paul began to strongly warn them, 10saying, “Men, I sense [after careful thought and observation] that this voyage will certainly be a disaster and with great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”

Acts 27:8 word by word

μόλις τε παραλεγόμενοι αὐτὴν ἤλθομεν εἰς τόπον τινὰ καλούμενον Καλοὺς λιμένας, ᾧ ἐγγὺς ἦν Λασαία.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andτεte · and/bothG5037
• hardlyμόλιςmolis · hardlyG3433
• passingπαραλέγωparalegomai · to sail pastG3881
• itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• a placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• whichτιςtis · oneG5100
• is calledκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• The fairκαλόςkalos · Fair (Havens)G2570
• havensλιμήνlimēn · HavensG3040
• nighἐγγύςeggus · nearG1451
• whereuntoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• LaseaΛασαίαLasaia · LaseaG2996

Commentaries on Acts 27:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The Fair Havens - This port still remains, and is known by the same name; it was situated towards the northern extremity of the island. Was the city of Lasea - There is no city of this name now remaining: the Codex Alexandrinus reads , Alassa; probably Lysia, near the port of Gortyna, to the eastward.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8And, hardly passing it - Scarcely being able to pass by it without being wrecked. Being almost driven on it. They passed round the east end of the island because they had been unable to sail directly forward between the island and the mainland, The fair havens - This was on the southeastern part of the island of Crete. It was probably not so much a harbor as an open roadstead, which afforded good anchorage for a time. It is called by Stephen, the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Fair Havens is a small bay on the south side of the island of Crete.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. And hardly passing it--"with difficulty coasting along it," from the same cause as before, the westerly current and head winds. came to ... the Fair Havens--an anchorage near the center of the south coast, and a little east of Cape Matala, the southern most point of the island. nigh whereunto was the city Lasea--identified by the Reverend George Brown [Smith, Voyages and Shipwreck of St. Paul, Appendix 3, Second Edition, 1856]. (To this invaluable book…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 27:8

• Fair Havens
• Lasea
• Paul

In the dictionaries

• Fair Havens
• Cheer
• Close
• Creek
• Crete
• Euroclydon
• Exhort
• Fast
• Gain
• Haven

Commentaries on Acts 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings