Place
Salmone
cape on Crete
Cape at the eastern tip of Crete that Paul's ship barely rounded during his storm-battered voyage to Rome.
Who or what is this?
Salmone is the cape at the northeastern tip of the island of , mentioned in Acts 27:7 as a landmark during 's voyage as a prisoner toward . The ship from , sailing against difficult winds, struggled to make headway and barely rounded Cape Salmone before proceeding along the south coast of Crete toward . The detail signals the hazardous nature of the late-season voyage, which culminates in the shipwreck on the island of . Salmone appears only in this single navigational reference in Scripture.
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Modern location: Cape Sideros. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.
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