And sailing along its coast with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea.

And because[a] considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast[b] was already over, Paul strongly recommended, 10 saying to them, “Men, I perceive that the voyage is going to end[c] with disaster and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives!”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 27:9 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle (“had passed”)
  2. Acts 27:9 A reference to the Jewish Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) which occurs in mid-autumn
  3. Acts 27:10 Literally “to be”