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Reference: Attain
Hastings
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 unsuitable for spending the winter in, the majority decided on a plan to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could arrive at Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing toward the southwest and toward the northwest, to spend the winter [there].