Hechos 27:8

8 Seguimos por la costa con mucha dificultad y finalmente llegamos a Buenos Puertos, cerca de la ciudad de Lasea.

Hechos 27:8 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 27:8

And hardly passing it
That is, Salmone, with great difficulty, because of the winds:

came unto a place which is called the Fair Havens;
called by other writers Cale Acte, or the fair shore, and is placed by Ptolomy ^F3 in Eubaea, and by Herodotus ^F4 in Sicily; but by Stephanus ^F5 is said to be a city of the Cretians, and which agrees with this account;

nigh whereunto was the city of Lasae;
there was a city in Crete called by Solinus ^F6 Lisson, and by Ptolomy ^F7 Lyssus, which he places on the south side of the island; and by Pliny ^F8 Lasos, which comes pretty near to this name, but then he places it in the midland part of Crete; who also makes mention of an island called Lasia over against Troezenium, and another that was one of the Cyclades; the Syriac version here read, "Lasia": Jerom ^F9 says, Lasea is a city on the shore of the island of Crete, near the place which is called the Fair Havens, as Luke himself explains it; for which some corruptly read "Thalassa"; as do the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions; and the Alexandrian copy "Alassa": Beza conjectures that it is the same with Eloea, which Pliny makes mention of in the above cited place, as a city in Crete.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 De ordis Situ. l. 3. c. 15.
F4 L. 6. c. 22.
F5 De urbibus.
F6 Polyhist. c. 16.
F7 Ib. l. 3. c. 17.
F8 L. 4. c. 12.
F9 De locis Hebraicis, fol. 96. D.

Hechos 27:8 In-Context

6 Allí, el oficial al mando encontró un barco egipcio, de Alejandría, con destino a Italia, y nos hizo subir a bordo.

7 Tuvimos que navegar despacio por varios días y, después de serias dificultades, por fin nos acercamos a Gnido; pero teníamos viento en contra, así que cruzamos a la isla de Creta, navegando al resguardo de la costa de la isla con menos viento, frente al cabo de Salmón.

8 Seguimos por la costa con mucha dificultad y finalmente llegamos a Buenos Puertos, cerca de la ciudad de Lasea.

9 Habíamos perdido bastante tiempo. El clima se ponía cada vez más peligroso para viajar por mar, porque el otoño estaba muy avanzado,
y Pablo comentó eso con los oficiales del barco.

10 Les dijo: «Señores, creo que tendremos problemas más adelante si seguimos avanzando: naufragio, pérdida de la carga y también riesgo para nuestras vidas»;