And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
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- Crete Place
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Biblical island. Modern identification: Crete.
- Fair Havens Place
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A harbour in the south of Crete, some 5 miles to the east of which was the town of Lasea ( Acts 27:8 ). Modern identification: Kaloi Limenes.
- Phoenix Place
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Properly Phoenix a palm-tree (as in the R. V. ), a town with a harbour on the southern side of Crete ( Acts 27:12 ), west of the Fair Havens. It is now called Lutro. Modern identification: Finikas.