Acts 27:1-9

Paul Is Sent to Rome

1 When it was decided that 1we 2would sail for 3Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan 4cohort named Julius.
2 And embarking in an Adramyttian ship, which was about to sail to the regions along the coast of 5Asia, we put out to sea accompanied * by 6Aristarchus, a 7Macedonian of 8Thessalonica.
3 The next day we put in at 9Sidon; and Julius 10treated Paul with consideration and 11allowed him to go to his friends and receive care.
4 From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of 12Cyprus because 13the winds were contrary.
5 When we had sailed through the sea along the coast of 14Cilicia and 15Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.
6 There the centurion found an 16Alexandrian ship sailing for 17Italy, and he put us aboard it.
7 When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, 18since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of 19Crete, off Salmone;
8 and with difficulty 20sailing past it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
9 When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even 21the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them,

Cross References 21

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Or "battalion"
  • [b]. I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
  • [c]. I.e. Day of Atonement in September or October, which was a dangerous time of year for navigation
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