Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,

Bible References

The fast

Leviticus 16:29
And you shall hold this as a perpetual statute: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls and do no work at all, whether it is a natural of your own country or a stranger that sojourns among you;
Numbers 29:7
And ye shall have on the tenth of this seventh month a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls; ye shall not do any work;