Thematic Bible: The autumnal weather on the mediterranean


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And when neither sun nor stars appeared for more days, and no small storm laying on, all remaining hope for us to be saved was taken away.

And considerable time having past, and the voyage now being dangerous, also because the Fast was now past, Paul urged, saying to them, Men, I perceive that the voyage is going to be with injury and much damage, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives. But the centurion was convinced more by the captain and the shipmaster than to those things spoken by Paul. read more.
And since the haven was inconvenient to winter in, the majority gave counsel to launch from there also, if somehow they might be able, after arriving at Phoenix, to winter in a haven of Crete, looking toward southwest and northwest And when a south wind blew gently, having presumed to have obtained their purpose, after taking up anchor, they sailed very near by Crete. But not long after, there threw against it a cyclonic wind called the Euroclydon.