Discovery BoxActs 27:8 
Context27:8 With difficulty we sailed along the coast 1 of Crete 2 and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea. 3
Acts 27:12
Context27:12 Because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided 4 to put out to sea 5 from there. They hoped that 6 somehow they could reach 7 Phoenix, 8 a harbor of Crete facing 9 southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.
Acts 27:16
Context27:16 As we ran under the lee of 10 a small island called Cauda, 11 we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat 12 under control.
1 tn Grk “sailing along the coast…we came.” The participle παραλεγόμενοι (paralegomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. L&N 54.8, “παραλέγομαι: (a technical, nautical term) to sail along beside some object – ‘to sail along the coast, to sail along the shore.’ …‘they sailed along the coast of Crete’ Ac 27:13.”
2 tn Grk “it”; the referent (Crete) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 sn Lasea was a city on the southern coast of the island of Crete. This was about 60 mi (96 km) farther.
4 tn BDAG 181-82 s.v. βουλή 2.a, “β. τίθεσθαι (Judg 19:30; Ps 12:3) decide 27:12 (w. inf. foll.).”
5 tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”
6 tn Grk “from there, if somehow” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun here in the translation and the introductory phrase “They hoped that” supplied (with the subject, “they,” repeated from the previous clause) to make a complete English sentence.
7 tn Grk “if somehow, reaching Phoenix, they could…” The participle καταντήσαντες (katanthsante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
8 sn Phoenix was a seaport on the southern coast of the island of Crete. This was about 30 mi (48 km) further west.
9 tn Or “a harbor of Crete open to the southwest and northwest.”
10 tn BDAG 1042 s.v. ὑποτρέχω states, “run or sail under the lee of, nautical t.t.…Ac 27:16.” The participle ὑποδραμόντες (Jupodramonte") has been taken temporally (“as we ran under the lee of”). While this could also be translated as a participle of means (“by running…”) this might suggest the ship was still under a greater degree of control by its crew than it probably was.
11 sn Cauda. This island was located south of Crete, about 23 mi (36 km) from where they began. There are various ways to spell the island’s name (e.g., Clauda, BDAG 546 s.v. Κλαῦδα).
12 sn The ship’s boat was a small rowboat, normally towed behind a ship in good weather rather than stowed on board. It was used for landings, to maneuver the ship for tacking, and to lay anchors (not a lifeboat in the modern sense, although it could have served as a means of escape for some of the sailors; see v. 30). See L. Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World, 248f.
