Acts Chapter 27 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 27:8

and with difficulty coasting along it we came unto a certain place called Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
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BBE Acts 27:8

And sailing down the side of it, as well as we were able, we came to a certain place named Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea.
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DARBY Acts 27:8

and coasting it with difficulty we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was [the] city of Lasaea.
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KJV Acts 27:8

And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
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WEB Acts 27:8

With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
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YLT Acts 27:8

and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called `Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city `of' Lasaea.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - With difficulty coasting along it for hardly passing it, A.V.; we came for came, A.V.; a certain place called for a place which is called, A.V.; Fair for the Fair, A.V. With difficulty coasting along it; παραλεγόμενοι, only here and ver. 13. It is a nautical phrase, meaning to sail alongside of the coast. In Latin legere has the same meaning. The difficulty arose from their being under the lee of the island, which sheltered them from the north-west wind, but left them without any motive power. However, they managed to get as far as Fair Havens, where they anchored in the roadstead so called, near to an obscure and otherwise unknown town called Lasea, possibly the same as Lasos, mentioned by Pliny as one of the inland cities of Crete ('Nat. Hist.,' 4. 12:20), or as Elaea (ibid.).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) And, hardly passing it.--The Greek adverb is the same as the "scarce" of Acts 27:7, and should be translated as before, with difficulty.A place which is called The fair havens.--It was obvious that the ship would have been again exposed, after passing Crete, or even its central promontory, Cape Matala, to the full force of the northwest gales. About two miles to the east of the promontory, however, and therefore sheltered by it, there was tolerably good anchorage, in a harbour known then and now as the Fair Havens (Limeones kaloi).Nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.--The comparative obscurity of the place has led to a large variety of readings of the name--Lass?a, Alassa, Thalassa, and other forms. Pliny mentions a city in Crete named Lasos, but does not describe its position. The remains of buildings, columns, the walls and foundations of temples have been found about two hours' walk from the Fair Havens, under Cape Leonda, and are locally known as Lasea (Rev. G. Brown, in Smith's Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul, Appendix 3).