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

¹ When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were turned over to an officer of the Imperial regiment, named Julius. ² We went on board an Adramyttian ship bound for the ports of Asia, and put to sea. We had a Macedonian from Thessalonica, named Aristarchus, with us. ³ The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius kindly allowed Paul to go and see his friends and be taken care of. ⁴ Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, as the wind was against us, ⁵ and after traversing the Cilician and Pamphylian waters, we reached Myra in Lycia. ⁶ There the officer found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board her. ⁷ For a number of days we made slow progress and had some difficulty in arriving off Cnidus. Then as the wind kept us from going on, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Cape Salmone, ⁸ and with difficulty coasted along it and reached a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

⁹ As a great deal of time had now passed, and navigation had become dangerous, for the autumn fast was already over, Paul began to warn them. ¹⁰ "Gentlemen," he said, "I see that this voyage is likely to end in disaster and heavy loss, not only to ship and cargo but to our own lives also." ¹¹ But the officer was more influenced by the pilot and the captain than by what Paul had to say, ¹² and as the harbor was not fit to winter in, the majority favored putting to sea again, in the hope of being able to reach and winter in Phoenix, a harbor in Crete facing west-south-west and west-north-west.