13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
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He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-20)In these verses we have, I. The ship putting to sea again, and pursuing her voyage at first with a promising gale. Observe, 1. What induced them to leave the fair havens: it was because they thought the harbour not commodious to winter in ; it was pleasant enough in summer but in the winter they lay bleak. Or perhaps it was upon some other account incommodious; provisions perhaps were scarce and d…
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