Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 27:13

13 Zhè shí wēi wēi qǐ le nán fēng , tāmen yǐwéi dé yì , jiù qǐ le maó , tiē jìn gé lī dǐ xíng qù .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 27:13 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 27:13

And when the south wind blew softly
Or moderately, which was a good wind for them:

supposing that they, had obtained their purpose;
that things would succeed according to their wish, and favour their design:

loosing thence;
from the Fair Havens; the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions render it, "loosing from Assos"; which could not be Assos of Troas, mentioned in ( Acts 20:13 ) which was many miles from hence; rather Asum, a town in Crete, of which Pliny ^F18 makes mention, though, according to him, it seems to be an inland town; wherefore it is best to take the word (asson) , to be an adverb, and render it "thence", as we do; or join it with the next word, and render it,

they came near, or they sailed close by Crete;
along the shore, the wind favouring them, that they were in no danger of being dashed upon it, it being a soft gentle wind.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Nat. Hist. l. 4. c. 12.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 27:13 In-Context

11 Dàn bǎifūzhǎng xìn cóng zhǎng chuán de hé chuán zhǔ , bú xìn cóng Bǎoluó suǒ shuō de .

12 Qiĕ yīn zaì zhè hǎikǒu guò dōng bú biàn , chuán shàng de rén , jiù duō bàn shuō , bú rú kāi chuán líkāi zhè dìfang , huòzhĕ néng dào fēi ní jī guò dōng . fēi ní jī shì gé lī dǐ de yī gè hǎikǒu , yī miàn chaó dōng bĕi , yī miàn chaó dōng nán .

13 Zhè shí wēi wēi qǐ le nán fēng , tāmen yǐwéi dé yì , jiù qǐ le maó , tiē jìn gé lī dǐ xíng qù .

14 Bú duō jǐshí , kuángfēng cóng dǎo shàng pū xià lái , nà fēng míng jiào yǒu lá gé luó .

15 Chuán beì fēng zhuāzhù , dí bú zhù fēng , wǒmen jiù rén fēng guā qù .