Acts 27:1-13

1When 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.

2When we had boarded a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, intending to sail to ports along the coast of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.

3The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.

4When we had put out to sea from there, we sailed along the northern coast of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

5After sailing through the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia.

6There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

7Sailing slowly for many days, with difficulty we arrived off Cnidus. Since the wind did not allow us to approach it, we sailed along the south side of Crete off Salmone.

8With still more difficulty we sailed along the coast and came to a place called Fair Havens near the city of Lasea.

9By now much time had passed, and the voyage was already dangerous. Since the Day of Atonement was already over, Paul gave his advice

10and told them, “Men, I can see that this voyage is headed toward disaster and heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship but also of our lives.”

11But the centurion paid attention to the captain and the owner of the ship rather than to what Paul said.

12Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to set sail from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenix, a harbor on Crete facing the southwest and northwest, and to winter there.

13When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they had achieved their purpose. They weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.