Acts 27:1-8

1 As soon as arrangements were complete for our sailing to Italy, Paul and a few other prisoners were placed under the supervision of a centurion named Julius, a member of an elite guard.

2 We boarded a ship from Adramyttium that was bound for Ephesus and ports west. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, went with us.

3 The next day we put in at Sidon. Julius treated Paul most decently - let him get off the ship and enjoy the hospitality of his friends there.

4 Out to sea again, we sailed north under the protection of the northeast shore of Cyprus because winds out of the west were against us,

5 and then along the coast westward to the port of Myra.

6 There the centurion found an Egyptian ship headed for Italy and transferred us on board.

7 We ran into bad weather and found it impossible to stay on course. After much difficulty, we finally made it to the southern coast of the island of Crete

8 and docked at Good Harbor (appropriate name!).