Acts 27:8

New Living Translation

We struggled along the coast with great difficulty and finally arrived at Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
With still more difficulty we sailed along the coast and came to a place called Fair Havens near the city of Lasea.

King James Version (1611)
And hardly passing it, came vnto a place which is called the Faire hauens, nigh whereunto was the citie of Lasea.

King James Version
And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.

English Standard Version
Coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

New American Standard Bible
and with difficulty sailing past it, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

New Century Version
Sailing past it was hard. Then we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

Amplified Bible
and hugging the shore with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea [on the south side of Crete].

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and with difficulty sailing past it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

Legacy Standard Bible
and with difficulty, we sailed past it and came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

Berean Standard Bible
After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

Contemporary English Version
We went slowly along the coast and finally reached a place called Fair Havens, not far from the town of Lasea.

Complete Jewish Bible
and, continuing to struggle on, hugging the coast, we reached a place called Pleasant Harbor, near the town of Lasea.

Darby Translation
and coasting it with difficulty we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was [the] city of Lasaea.

Easy-to-Read Version
We sailed along the coast, but the sailing was hard. Then we came to a place called Safe Harbors, near the city of Lasea.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And with much adoe sayled beyond it, and came vnto a certaine place called the Faire hauens, neere vnto the which was the citie Lasea.

George Lamsa Translation
And as we hardly passed around it, we arrived at a place which is called The Fair Havens; and nearby was the city of La-se''a.

Good News Translation
We kept close to the coast and with great difficulty came to a place called Safe Harbors, not far from the town of Lasea.

Lexham English Bible
And sailing along its coast with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea.

Literal Translation
And coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a certain place named Fair Havens, near to which was a city, Lasea.

American Standard Version
and with difficulty coasting along it we came unto a certain place called Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.

Bible in Basic English
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.

Hebrew Names Version
With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

International Standard Version
Sailing past it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

Etheridge Translation
and hardly voyaging we passing around it came to the place which is called the Fair Havens. AND it was nigh to the city named Lasia.

Murdock Translation
And with difficulty, after sailing about it, we arrived at a place called the Fair Havens, near to which was the city called Lassa.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And with much worke sayled beyonde it, and came vnto a place wich is called the Fayre hauens, nye whervnto was the citie of Lasea.

English Revised Version
and with difficulty coasting along it we came unto a certain place called Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.

World English Bible
With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And passing it with difficulty, we came to the Fair Havens, near which was the city Lasea.

Weymouth's New Testament
Then, coasting along with difficulty, we reached a place called `Fair Havens,' near the town of Lasea.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And vnnethe we seilden bisidis, and camen into a place, that is clepid of good hauen, to whom the cite Tessala was niy.

Update Bible Version
and with difficulty coasting along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens; near to where was the city of Lasea.

Webster's Bible Translation
And hardly passing it, came to a place which is called, The fair havens; nigh to which was the city [of] Lasea.

New English Translation
With difficulty we sailed along the coast of Crete and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea.

New King James Version
Passing it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

New Life Bible
The wind was against us, and we did not sail very fast. Then we came to a place called Fair Havens. It was near the city of Lasea.

New Revised Standard
Sailing past it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, with difficulty coasting it, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city of Lasea.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And with much ado sailing by it, we came into a certain place, which is called Good-havens, nigh to which was the city of Thalassa.

Revised Standard Version
Coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lase'a.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and with moche worke sayled beyonde yt and came vnto a place called good porte. Nye whervnto was a citie called Lasea.

Young's Literal Translation
and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called `Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city [of] Lasaea.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and came scarcely beyonde it. Then came we to a place, which is called Goodhauen, nye where vnto was the cite Lasea.

Mace New Testament (1729)
with much ado we weathered the cape and got to Belhaven near Lasea.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Like a cow in a bog, we trudged our way along, finally landing at Fair Havens, near Lasea.

Contextual Overview

¹ When the time came, we set sail for Italy. Paul and several other prisoners were placed in the custody of a Roman officer named Julius, a captain of the Imperial Regiment. ² Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was also with us. We left on a ship whose home port was Adramyttium on the northwest coast of the province of Asia; it was scheduled to make several stops at ports along the coast of the province. ³ The next day when we docked at Sidon, Julius was very kind to Paul and let him go ashore to visit with friends so they could provide for his needs. ⁴ Putting out to sea from there, we encountered strong headwinds that made it difficult to keep the ship on course, so we sailed north of Cyprus between the island and the mainland. ⁵ Keeping to the open sea, we passed along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, landing at Myra, in the province of Lycia. ⁶ There the commanding officer found an Egyptian ship from Alexandria that was bound for Italy, and he put us on board. ⁷ We had several days of slow sailing, and after great difficulty we finally neared Cnidus. But the wind was against us, so we sailed across to Crete and along the sheltered coast of the island, past the cape of Salmone. ⁸ We struggled along the coast with great difficulty and finally arrived at Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea. ⁹ We had lost a lot of time. The weather was becoming dangerous for sea travel because it was so late in the fall, and Paul spoke to the ship's officers about it. ¹⁰ "Men," he said, "I believe there is trouble ahead if we go on—shipwreck, loss of cargo, and danger to our lives as well."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The fair havens: The Fair Havens, still known by the same name, was a port on the south-eastern part of Crete, near Lasea, of which nothing now remains. Acts 27:8

Reciprocal: Acts 27:12 - the haven

Cross-References

Genesis 25:23
And the Lord told her, "The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be stronger than the other; and your older son will serve your younger son."

Genesis 27:13
But his mother replied, "Then let the curse fall on me, my son! Just do what I tell you. Go out and get the goats for me!"

Genesis 27:43
So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran.

Acts 4:19
But Peter and John replied, "Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him?

Acts 5:29
But Peter and the apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than any human authority.

Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And hardly passing it,.... That is, Salmone, with great difficulty, because of the winds:

came unto a place which is called the Fair Havens; called by other writers Cale Acte, or the fair shore, and is placed by Ptolomy c in Eubaea, and by Herodotus d in Sicily; but by Stephanus e is said to be a city of the Cretians, and which agrees with this account;

nigh whereunto was the city of Lasae; there was a city in Crete called by Solinus f Lisson, and by Ptolomy g Lyssus, which he places on the south side of the island; and by Pliny h Lasos, which comes pretty near to this name, but then he places it in the midland part of Crete; who also makes mention of an island called Lasia over against Troezenium, and another that was one of the Cyclades; the Syriac version here read, "Lasia": Jerom i says, Lasea is a city on the shore of the island of Crete, near the place which is called the Fair Havens, as Luke himself explains it; for which some corruptly read "Thalassa"; as do the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions; and the Alexandrian copy "Alassa": Beza conjectures that it is the same with Eloea, which Pliny makes mention of in the above cited place, as a city in Crete.

c De ordis Situ. l. 3. c. 15. d L. 6. c. 22. e De urbibus. f Polyhist. c. 16. g Ib. l. 3. c. 17. h L. 4. c. 12. i De locis Hebraicis, fol. 96. D.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And, hardly passing it - Scarcely being able to pass by it without being wrecked. Being almost driven on it. They passed round the east end of the island because they had been unable to sail directly forward between the island and the mainland,

The fair havens - This was on the southeastern part of the island of Crete. It was probably not so much a harbor as an open roadstead, which afforded good anchorage for a time. It is called by Stephen, the geographer, “the fair shore.” It still retains the name which it formerly had. It is called in ancient Dutch and French Sailing Directions “the beautiful bay.”

Nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea - There was no town or city at the “Fair Havens,” but the city of Lasea seems to have been well known, and it is mentioned here to identify the place.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 27:8. The Fair Havens — This port still remains, and is known by the same name; it was situated towards the northern extremity of the island.

Was the city of Lasea. — There is no city of this name now remaining: the Codex Alexandrinus reads αλασσα, Alassa; probably Lysia, near the port of Gortyna, to the eastward.