Acts 27:9

Modern

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

Traditional

Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,

Literal

Now much time having passed and the voyage being already dangerous because of even the Fast already being over, Paul was admonishing them,

Latin

Multo autem tempore peracto, et cum jam non esset tuta navigatio eo quod et jejunium jam præteriisset, consolabatur eos Paulus,

Greek

English

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

because it was after the Fast: It was late in the fall, which meant travel on the Mediterranean Sea was dangerous.

The graphic language describing sailing in the story of Paul's journey to Rome provides one of the best accounts of an ancient sea journey.
This is the last "we" section in Acts (see also 16:10–17; 20:5–15; 21:1–18). During Paul's two years of imprisonment, Luke probably researched his gospel throughout Judea and Galilee. Here, as part of Paul's sailing group, he had a personal witness of the dangers at sea.

Theme notes and profiles

Numbers 29:7
On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
Leviticus 23:27–29
“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.
Leviticus 16:29–31
This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—

Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistles