Acts 27:9 meaning and explanation

By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,

Acts 27:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul is a prisoner being taken by ship to Rome, and the voyage has already cost many weeks. The Fast is the Day of Atonement, which fell in the autumn and marked the point after which sailing on the open sea was considered unsafe.

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