Acts 27:8-12 ▼

8 and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city of Lasaea.

9 And much time being spent, and the sailing now being dangerous—because of the fast also being already past—Paul was admonishing,

10 saying to them, “Men, I perceive that with hurt, and much damage, not only of the load and of the ship, but also of our lives—the voyage is about to be”;

11 but the centurion gave more credence to the pilot and to the shipowner than to the things spoken by Paul;

12 and the haven being not well placed to winter in, the greater part gave counsel to sail from there, if somehow they might be able, having attained to Phoenix, to winter [there], [which is] a haven of Crete, looking to the southwest and northwest,