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And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, [and there] to winter; [which is] an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
Acts 27:12 — KJV
Not commodious. Or, “not suitable,” “not fit.” Perhaps the harbor did not seem to afford sufficient protection for the ship through the winter, or perhaps Fair Havens was too small a port to furnish adequate provisions. Depart. Gr. anago, here meaning “set sail.” Phenice. Or, “Phoenix,” generally identified with the present Cretan port of Lutro, the best all-year port on the southern coast of Crete. It is mentioned by Strabo (Geography x. 4. 3), the Greek geographer. A tablet dedicated to Serapis and Jupiter as a thank offering for preservation at sea, by the agent of a ship outbound from Alexandria, has been found nearby. South west and north west. The clause reads literally, “looking down the southwest and northwest.” Lutro harbor faces the east, and a person aboard a ship entering the harbor would be facing west. On the other side of the promontory that forms the harbor of Lutro is the less-protected harbor of Phineka, which faces west.
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