Fair Havens

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FAIR HAVENS.—A harbour on the south coast of Crete, near Lasea, where St. Paul’s ship took shelter on the voyage to Rome (Act_27:8). It still retains its name.
A. J. Maclean.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


A harbor on the S. of Crete; connected with the city Lasea; five miles E. of cape Matala. The ship in Paul's voyage stopped short of doubling this cape, for the coast W. of it suddenly turns to the N., and so the ship would have been still exposed to the prevailing N.W. wind. But afterward on consultation the centurion and master of the ship determined against Paul's advice to leave Fair Havens as incommodious to winter in, and go on to Phoenice, induced by a deceptive S. wind which arose for a time: the result was wreck (Acts 27; compare Ecc_9:15). The place still bears the Greek name for "Fair Havens."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


Fair Havens. A harbor in the island of Crete, Act_27:8, though not mentioned in any other ancient writing, is still known by its own Greek name, and appears to have been the harbor of Lasaea.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863


fâr hā?v'nz (Καλοὶ Λιμένες, Kaloı́ Liménes): A roadstead on the South coast of Crete, about 5 miles East of Cape Matala, the most southerly point of the island. The harbor is formed by a bay, open to the East, and sheltered on the Southwest by two small islands. Here Paul waited for a considerable time (Act_27:9); but while it afforded good anchorage and a shelter from North and Northwest winds, ?the haven was not commodious to winter in? (Act_27:8, Act_27:12). See CRETE.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


Fair Havens, a harbor or roadstead of Crete, the unsafeness of which to winter in, occasioned that attempt to make for Phenice, on the other side of the island, which led to the eventual loss of the vessel in which Paul sailed for Rome (Act_27:8). As the name is still preserved, there is no difficulty in fixing the situation to a small bay a little to the north-east of Cape Leon, the present Cape Matala.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.


Fair Havens
(Καλοί Διμένες), a harbor in the island of Crete (Act_27:8), not mentioned in any other ancient writing. There seems no probability that it is, as most early commentators thought (see Biscoe, On the Acts, page 347, ed. 1829), the Καλὴ Α᾿κτή, or Fair Beach, of Steph. Byz. (see Kuindl, Comment. in loc.); for that is said to be a city, whereas Fair Havens is described as "a place near to which was a city called Lasma." Moreover, Mar. Pashley found (Travels in Crete, 2:57) a district called Acte; and it is most; likely that Καλη Α᾿κτή was situated there; but that; district is in the west of the island, whereas Fair Havens was on the south. Its position is now quite certain. Though not mentioned by classical writers, if is still known by the old Greek name, as it was in the time of Rauwolf (who calls it Calismene), Pococke (2:250), and other early travelers mentioned by Mr, Smith (Voy. and Shipwr. of St. Paul, 2d ed. page 80-82). LASKEA, too, has recently been most explicitly discovered. — In fact, Fair Havens appears to have been practically its harbor.
These places are situated four or five miles to the east of Cape Matala, which is the most conspicuous headland on the south coast of Crete, and inencediately to the west of which the coast trends suddenly to the north. This last circumstance explains why the ship which conveyed Paul was brought to anchor in Fair Havens. In consequence of violent and continuing northwest winds she had been unable to hold on her course towards Italy from Cnidus (Act_27:7), and had ran down, by Salmone, under the lee of Crete. It was possible to reach Fair Havensa but beyond Cape Matala the difficulty would have recurred so long as the wind remained in the same quarter. A considerable delay took place (Act_27:9), during which it is possible that Paul may have had: opportunities of preaching the Gospel at Lassea, or even at GORTYNA, where Jews resided (1Ma_15:23), and which was not far distant; but all this is conjectural. A consultation took place, at which it was decided, against the apostle's advice, to make an attempt to reach a good harbor named PHENICE (1Ma_15:12). However, the south wind, which sprang up afterwards (1Ma_15:13), proved delusive; and the vessel was caught by a hurricane SEE EUROCLYDON on her way towards Phenice, and ultimately wrecked. — Smith, s.v. SEE SHIPWRECK (of Paul). The name of the place is appropriate. It is shut in on the west by a bold headland, on the summit of which are the ruins of an ancient convent dedicated tose St. Paul. On the south it is sheltered by two little islands; and between these and the shore is a safe anchorage. The roadstead, however, is open to the sea, and we can thus see the truth of Luke's statement that it was " incommodious to winter in" (ἀνεύθετος πρὸς παραχειμασίαν, 1Ma_15:12; see Smith, page 256; Conybeare and Howson, Life and Epistles of St. Paul, 2:320). SEE CRETE.

CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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