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

¹ And when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' cohort. ² And boarding a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail alongside Asian places, we set sail, Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, being with us. ³ And on the next day we were landed at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul courteously and gave him liberty to go to his friends to receive care. ⁴ And setting sail from there, we sailed close to Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. ⁵ And sailing over the sea against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra of Lycia. ⁶ And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy, and he put us on it. ⁷ And sailing slowly many days and with difficulty, coming abreast of Cnidus; the wind not allowing us; we sailed close to Crete, across from Salmone. ⁸ And coasting along with difficulty, we came to a place named Fair Havens, near which was a city, Lasea.

⁹ And much time having been used up, and the voyage already being dangerous, because the Fast was now already past, Paul warned them, ¹⁰ saying, Men, I perceive that this voyage is about to be with much harm and loss, and not only much cargo and of the ship, but also of our souls. ¹¹ But the centurion was rather persuaded by the helmsman and the shipmaster, than by the things spoken by Paul. ¹² And the port not being fit to winter in, the most of them advised to set sail from there, if by any means they might be able to get to Phoenix to winter; which is a port of Crete, looking toward the southwest and northwest.