Acts 27:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.

Acts 27:13 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 78:26
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
Job 37:17
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
Luke 12:55
And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
Song of Solomon 4:16
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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Commentary

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 de…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. when the south wind blew softly, supposing they had attained their purpose--With such a wind they had every prospect of reaching their destination in a few hours.