Acts 27:1–12 · BSB
27:1
When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
27:2
We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
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27:3
The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
27:4
After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
27:5
And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
27:6
There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
27:7
After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
27:8
After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
27:9
By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
27:10
“Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”
27:11
But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
27:12
Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
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