Acts 27:1-12 - Paul And His Associates Sail For Rome

¹ And as it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan band, named Julius. ² And going on board a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, intending to sail by the coast of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. ³ On the next day, we touched at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul with kindness, and permitted him to go to his friends, and receive their attentions. ⁴ And thence we put to sea, and sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were adverse. ⁵ And when we had sailed across the sea opposite Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. ⁶ And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy; and he put us on board. ⁷ For many days we sailed slowly; and having with difficulty come off Cnidus, the wind not permitting us to go further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Salmone: ⁸ and coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which is the city of Lasea.

⁹ But, after much time had been spent, and sailing was now dangerous, for the fast was already past, Paul admonished them, ¹⁰ saying: Men, I perceive that this voyage will be with damage and much loss, not only to the cargo and the ship, but also to our lives. ¹¹ But the centurion had more confidence in the pilot, and in the owner of the ship, than in the things which were spoken by Paul. ¹² And as the harbor was not commodious to winter in, the majority advised that they should put to sea from that place also, if, by any means, they might reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a harbor of Crete, lying toward the south-west and north-west.