Paul Sails for Rome

27 When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were transferred to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the emperor’s division. ² After boarding a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to the ports on the coast of Asia, we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, went with us.

³ The next day, we arrived at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly, allowing him to visit his friends there and to receive any care he needed. ⁴ After putting out from there, we sailed on the sheltered side of Cyprus because the winds were against us. ⁵ We sailed along the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia and reached Myra in Lycia. ⁶ There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy and put us on it. ⁷ We sailed slowly for a number of days and with difficulty arrived off Cnidus. Then, because the wind was against us, we sailed on the sheltered side of Crete off Cape Salome. ⁸ Sailing past it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.