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

¹ When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they turned over Paul and some other prisoners to a colonel of the imperial regiment, named Julius. ² After going on board an Adramyttian ship bound for the ports of Asia, we set sail. On board with us was Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. ³ The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius kindly permitted Paul to visit his friends and enjoy their attentions. ⁴ After setting sail from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the wind was against us, ⁵ and after sailing the whole length of the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia. ⁶ There the colonel found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board her. ⁷ For a number of days we sailed on slowly and with difficulty arrived off Cnidus. Then, because the wind did not permit us to go on, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Cape Salmone, ⁸ and with difficulty coasted along it and finally reached a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

⁹ After considerable time had gone by, and navigation had become dangerous, and the fast was now over, Paul began to warn them ¹⁰ by saying, "Men, I see that this voyage is likely to be attended by disaster and heavy loss, not only to the cargo and the ship, but also to our lives." ¹¹ But the colonel was influenced by the pilot and the captain of the ship rather than by what Paul said. ¹² And as the harbor was not fit to winter in, the majority favored the plan to set sail from there and see if they could reach Phoenix and winter there, this being a harbor in Crete facing west-southwest and west-north-west.