Acts 27:7

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When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

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Paul's Missionary JourneysThe routes of the Apostle Paul's missionary journeys across the Mediterranean world.

The Roman Empire of the New TestamentThe Roman Empire around the Mediterranean, the political world of the New Testament.

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These ports, islands, and coastal regions trace Paul’s difficult voyage from Asia Minor toward Italy, across the eastern Mediterranean and Adriatic. In this stage, adverse winds near Cnidus and Crete forced the ship southward, showing how providentially constrained travel shaped Paul’s journey to Rome.

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Acts 27:7 mentions Adramyttium, Adriatic Sea, Alexandria, Asia, Cauda, Cilicia, Cnidus, Crete, Cyprus, Fair Havens, Italy, Lasea, Lycia, Myra, Pamphylia, Phoenix, Salmone, Sidon, Syrtis and Thessalonica.

Photo of Adramyttium — Adramyttium · Ollios

Photo of Adriatic Sea — Adriatic Sea · Yellow.Cat

Photo of Alexandria — Alexandria · GT1976