Titus 1:12

And when we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of Crete, off Salmone;

And because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to set sail from there, if somehow they could arrive at Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, to spend the winter there.

And when a moderate south wind came up, thinking that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along the shore of Crete.

whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach and glory is in their shame, who set their thoughts on earthly things.

For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you,