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PHOENIX

(Gk. Phoínix)

A town and anchorage on the southwestern coast of Crete which Paul’s ship unsuccessfully attempted to reach (Acts 27:12). It may be located at the northeast corner of Cape Mouros (the modern village of Loutro), or more likely a bay at the northwest corner of the cape, the site of a chapel called Phoinika. Cape Mouros has a fair harbor but offers little protection against the northeast winter wind. The bay to the northwest would have provided protection and fits the description in Acts. Today it has no satisfactory anchorage, but earthquakes in the 6th century may have altered the ocean depth.

James A. Brooks






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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