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Crete

Island in the Bible

Other names: Caphtor

Location: 35.17° N, 25.01° E (approximate; the location is disputed or uncertain)

Mentioned in 5 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.

Where Crete is mentioned

  • Acts 27:7

    After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

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  • Acts 27:12–13

    12 Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

    13 When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

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  • Acts 27:21

    After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

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  • Titus 1:5

    The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

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