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

¹ And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others, prisoners, to a centurion, by name Julius, of the band of Sebastus, ² and having embarked in a ship of Adramyttium, we, being about to sail by the coasts of Asia, did set sail, there being with us Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, ³ on the next day also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, did permit him, having gone on unto friends, to receive their care. ⁴ And thence, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary, ⁵ and having sailed over the sea over-against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia, ⁶ and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, did put us into it, ⁷ and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone, ⁸ and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called 'Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city of Lasaea.

⁹ And much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous -- because of the fast also being already past -- Paul was admonishing, ¹⁰ saying to them, 'Men, I perceive that with hurt, and much damage, not only of the lading and of the ship, but also of our lives -- the voyage is about to be;' ¹¹ but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul; ¹² and the haven being incommodious to winter in, the more part gave counsel to sail thence also, if by any means they might be able, having attained to Phenice, there to winter, which is a haven of Crete, looking to the south-west and north-west,