Acts 27:1-8

Sailing for Rome

1 When it was decided that we were to sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Imperial Regiment.
2 So when we had boarded a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, intending to sail to ports along the coast of the province of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.
3 The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.
4 When we had put out to sea from there, we sailed along the northern coast[a] of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
5 After sailing through the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia.
6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
7 Sailing slowly for many days, we came with difficulty as far as Cnidus. But since the wind did not allow us to approach it, we sailed along the south side[b] of Crete off Salmone.
8 With yet more difficulty we sailed along the coast, and came to a place called Fair Havens near the city of Lasea.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Lit sailed under the lee
  • [b]. Lit sailed under the lee
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