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Reference: Attain
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In Ac 27:12 'attain' has the literal meaning of reach a place (so RV). Elsewhere it has the figurative sense still in use.
In Ac 27:12 'attain' has the literal meaning of reach a place (so RV). Elsewhere it has the figurative sense still in use.
And because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing both southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.
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