Acts 27:1-8

New Century Version

Paul Sails for Rome

27 It was decided that we would sail for Italy. An officer named Julius, who served in the emperor’s^[a] army, guarded Paul and some other prisoners. ² We got on a ship that was from the city of Adramyttium and was about to sail to different ports in Asia. Aristarchus, a man from the city of Thessalonica in Macedonia, went with us. ³ The next day we came to Sidon. Julius was very good to Paul and gave him freedom to go visit his friends, who took care of his needs. ⁴ We left Sidon and sailed close to the island of Cyprus, because the wind was blowing against us. ⁵ We went across the sea by Cilicia and Pamphylia and landed at the city of Myra, in Lycia. ⁶ There the officer found a ship from Alexandria that was going to Italy, so he put us on it.

⁷ We sailed slowly for many days. We had a hard time reaching Cnidus because the wind was blowing against us, and we could not go any farther. So we sailed by the south side of the island of Crete near Salmone. ⁸ Sailing past it was hard. Then we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.