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.
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Gill's Exposition
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in,.... Which was called the "Fair Havens", Act 27:8 which name it might have by an antiphrasis, it being just the reverse; it might be a good summer…
Barnes' Notes
The haven - The fair havens, Act 27:8. Was not commodious to winter in - Not safe or convenient to remain there. Probably it furnished rather a safe anchorage ground in time of a storm than a…
Adam Clarke
Might attain to Phoenice - It appears that the Fair Havens were at the eastern end of the island, and they wished to reach Phoenice, which lay farther towards the west.
Toward the south-west and…
In these verses we have,
I. The ship putting to sea again, and pursuing her voyage at first with a promising gale. Observe, 1. What induced them to leave the fair havens: it was because they thought…
Cambridge Bible
not commodious to winter in And this was what they most likely would have to do, wherever they stopped, as the season for sailing was nearly over.
to depart thence also The oldest MSS. do not…