secundum Lucam 27:13

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Aspirante autem austro, æstimantes propositum se tenere, cum sustulissent de Asson, legebant Cretam.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Aspirante autem austro, æstimantes propositum se tenere, cum sustulissent de Asson, legebant Cretam.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Aspirante autem austro, aestimantes propositum se tenere, cum sustulissent, propius legebant Cretam.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the south: Job 37:17, Psalms 78:26, Song of Solomon 4:16, Luke 12:55

loosing: Acts 27:21

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 1:6 - The wind Jonah 1:4 - the Lord Matthew 8:5 - a centurion Acts 13:13 - loosed Acts 27:7 - we sailed Acts 28:13 - the south

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when the south wind blew softly,.... Or moderately, which was a good wind for them:

supposing that they, had obtained their purpose; that things would succeed according to their wish, and favour their design:

loosing thence; from the Fair Havens; the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions render it, "loosing from Assos"; which could not be Assos of Troas, mentioned in Acts 20:13 which was many miles from hence; rather Asum, a town in Crete, of which Pliny r makes mention, though, according to him, it seems to be an inland town; wherefore it is best to take the word ασσον, to be an adverb, and render it "thence", as we do; or join it with the next word, and render it,

they came near, or they sailed close by Crete; along the shore, the wind favouring them, that they were in no danger of being dashed upon it, it being a soft gentle wind.

r Nat. Hist. l. 4. c. 12.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The south wind - The wind before had probably been a head-wind, blowing from the west. When it veered round to the south, and when it blew gently, though not entirely favorable, yet it was so that they supposed they could sail along the coast of Crete.

Had obtained their purpose - The object of their desire; that is, to sail safely along the coast of Crete.

Loosing thence - Setting sail from the fair havens.

Close by Crete - Near the shore. It is evident that they designed, if possible, to make the harbor of Phenice to winter there. They weighed anchor and passed around Cape Matala. The distance to this point is four or five miles; the bearing west by south. With a gentle southerly wind, the vessel would be able to weather the cape, and then the wind was fair to Phoenix or Phenice (Lutro), which was 35 miles distant from the cape, and bore from thence about west-northwest.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 27:13. When the south wind blew softly — Though this wind was not very favourable, yet, because it blew softly, they supposed they might be able to make their passage.

They sailed close by Crete. — Kept as near the coast as they could. See the track on the map.