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

¹ And when it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band. ² And going on board a ship of Adramyttium, about to sail along the coasts of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. ³ And the next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go to his friends, and receive their care. ⁴ And thence putting to sea, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. ⁵ And having sailed over the sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. ⁶ And there the centurion, finding a ship of Alexandria about to sail for Italy, put us on board of it. ⁷ And sailing slowly some days, and having with difficulty arrived over against Cnidus, the wind not permitting us to put in, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone; ⁸ and coasting along it with difficulty we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city Lasea.

⁹ And much time having been spent, and the voyage being now dangerous, because the Fast had already gone by, Paul advised them, ¹⁰ saying, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the lading and the ship, but also of our lives. ¹¹ But the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship more than what was spoken by Paul. ¹² And as the harbor was not well situated for wintering, the greater part advised to sail thence also, if by any means they might reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, looking toward the southwest and northwest, and there winter.