A Storm at Sea

27 1-2 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. We boarded a ship from Adramyttium that was bound for Ephesus and ports west. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, went with us.

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.

4-8 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, and then along the coast westward to the port of Myra. There the centurion found an Egyptian ship headed for Italy and transferred us on board. 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 and docked at Good Harbor (appropriate name!).

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We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia,(A) and we put out to sea. Aristarchus,(B) a Macedonian(C) from Thessalonica,(D) was with us.

The next day we landed at Sidon;(E) and Julius, in kindness to Paul,(F) allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs.(G) From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.(H)

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