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Acts 27:7

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KJV ORIGINAL

And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

We were stuck sailing super slowly for days, barely making it to Cnidus because the wind was working against us the whole time. So we had to change course and sail along the coast of Crete, passing by Salmone.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes the journey takes way longer than expected, and you have to find another route.

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The disagreement between them got so intense that they couldn't work it out — they literally had to split up. So Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus.

From there they sailed back to Antioch — the same place where the church had originally prayed over them and sent them out with God's blessing for this mission they just completed.

When we left port, we had to sail along the sheltered side of Cyprus because the winds were working against us the whole way.

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