Acts 27:12

"Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering" Fair Havens did give immediate shelter from the northwest gales, yet it was open to all other points of the compass. "It would put. strain on Lasea, too, to show hospitality to 276 people through the winter" (Reese p. 899). "The majority" Apparently others also sided with Paul, yet they were in the minority. "If somehow they could reach Phoenix,. harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and the spend the winter there" The expression if somehow reveals that everyone knew they were taking. huge risk in trying to reach the next harbor. "Phoenix: Many feel that this is the modern harbor of Lutro, if that is the case then the directions given, facing southwest and northwest are from the standpoint of the sailors as they come into the harbor. Bruce argues that Phoenix is rather the harbor of Phineka, which lies open to any westerly wind.