(2) Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the (b) fast was now already past, Paul admonished [them],
(2) God's providence does not take away the causes which God uses as means, but rather orders and disposes their right use, even when he reveals an extraordinary issue.
(b) This refers to the Jews fast which they kept in the feast of expiation, as we read in (Leviticus 23:17), which fell in the seventh month which we call October, and is not good for navigating or sailing.