Note 12 at Ac 27:8: Fair Havens was the name of a port on the southeastern side of the island of Crete (see note 10 at Ac 27:7). It was here that Paul admonished the centurion in charge of the ship to winter, but his advice was refused because "the haven was not commodious to winter in" (Ac 27:12). The town of Fair Havens still exists by that name on the island of Crete.

Note 13 at Ac 27:8: Lasea was a city on the island of Crete (see note 10 at Ac 27:7) just a short distance from Fair Havens (see note 12 at this verse). The exact location of Lasea is not certain, but many have thought it to be associated with ruins five miles east of Fair Havens. If so, the distance of Lasea from Fair Havens may have been one of the reasons the sailors thought Fair Havens was not a good place to spend the winter.

Many people have speculated that Lasea is the same place as the Lasos that Pliny mentioned in "The Natural History" (Book 4, Chapter 20).