Port
Fair Havens
Identified site. Scholarly consensus identifies this site.
- Ancient name
- Fair Havens
- Modern location
- Kaloi Limenes, Crete · Greece
- Location
- Identified site
Editorial summary
A harbor on the south coast of Crete, near the city of Lasea. Paul warned that continuing the voyage would bring great loss.
What happened here
1Paul’s warning at Fair Havens
Sailing had already become dangerous, since the Fast was past. Paul warned that the voyage would bring loss to the cargo, the ship and their lives, but the centurion followed the ship’s master instead, and they set out hoping to winter at Phoenix.
People here
2On these journeys
Scripture
Location certainty
Scholarly consensus identifies this site.
- Coordinates
- 34.9297° N, 24.8003° E