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 a centurion by the name of Julius, of the cohort of Augustus. ² And going on board of a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places in Asia, we set sail, Aristarchus a Macedonian of Thessalonica being with us; ³ and on the next day we came to Sidon, and Julius treating Paul with humanity allowed him to go to his friends, and receive attention. ⁴ Proceeding thence we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary, ⁵ and sailing through the sea by Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra in Lycia; ⁶ and the centurion finding there an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy, put us into it. ⁷ And sailing slowly in those days, and scarcely being by Cnidus, the wind not permitting us [to proceed in a direct course] we sailed under Crete, by Salmone, ⁸ and sailing by it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which is the city Lasea.

⁹ But some time being spent and navigation not being safe, because the fast had already passed by, Paul advised, ¹⁰ saying to them, Men, I see that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives. ¹¹ But the centurion believed the master and owner rather than the words spoken by Paul. ¹² And the harbor being inconvenient to winter in, the greater part advised to depart thence, and, if they were able, to come to Phenice to winter, a harbor of Crete, which opens to the South and Southwest.