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Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to put to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.
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Human Expertise vs. Divine Counsel
Commentators note that the decision to leave Fair Havens was a logical one based on human expertise. The harbor was unsuitable for winter, and the majority of experienced sailors advised moving to the better port of Phoenix. However, this practical decision directly contradicted Paul's divine warning. This highlights a common spiritual challenge: choosing between what seems like sound, worldly wisdom and the often less obvious, but ultimately correct, counsel of God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The haven. The Fair Havens, Acts 27:8.
Was not commodious to winter in. Not safe or convenient to remain there.…
Because the haven was not commodious to winter in (ανευθετου του λιμενος υπαρχοντος προς παραχειμασιαν). Genitive absolute again p…
19th Century
Anglican
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in...—The anchorage in the Fair Havens, while it gave immediate shelte…
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Baptist
And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia a…
But the pilot and the ship’s owner preferred not to winter in the small, open bay of Fair Havens, being reluctant to seek quarters for themselves a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in Which was called the "Fair Havens", (Acts 27:8) wh…
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