Acts 27:1-28 When it was decided we were to sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to an officer of the Imperial regiment called Julius.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ When it was decided we were to sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to an officer of the Imperial regiment called Julius. ² Embarking in an Andramyttian ship which was bound for the Asiatic seaports, we set sail, accompanied by a Macedonian from Thessalonica called Aristarchus. ³ Next day we put in at Sidon, where Julius very kindly allowed Paul to visit his friends and be looked after. ⁴ Putting to sea from there, we had to sail under the lee of Cyprus, as the wind was against us; ⁵ then, sailing over the Cilician and Pamphylian waters, we came to Myra in Lycia. ⁶ There the officer found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board of her. ⁷ For a number of days we made a slow passage and had great difficulty in arriving off Cnidus; then, as the wind checked our progress, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Cape Salmone, ⁸ and coasting along it with great difficulty we reached a place called Fair Havens, not far from the town of Lasea. ⁹ By this time it was far on in the season and sailing had become dangerous (for the autumn Fast was past), so Paul warned them thus: ¹⁰ "Men," said he, "I see this voyage is going to be attended with hardship and serious loss not only to the cargo and the ship but also to our own lives." ¹¹ However the officer let himself be persuaded by the captain and the owner rather than by anything Paul could say, ¹² and, as the harbour was badly placed for wintering in, the majority proposed to set sail and try if they could reach Phoenix and winter there (Phoenix is a Cretan harbour facing S.W. and N.W.). ¹³ When a moderate southerly breeze sprang up, they thought they had secured their object, and after weighing anchor they sailed along the coast of Crete, close inshore. ¹⁴ Presently down rushed a hurricane of a wind called Euroclydon; ¹⁵ the ship was caught and unable to face the wind, so we gave up and let her drive along. ¹⁶ Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we managed with great difficulty to get the boat hauled in; ¹⁷ once it was hoisted aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship, and in fear of being stranded on the Syrtis they lowered the sail and lay to. ¹⁸ As we were being terribly battered by the storm, they had to jettison the cargo next day, ¹⁹ while two days later they threw the ship's gear overboard with their own hands; ²⁰ for many days neither sun nor stars could be seen, the storm raged heavily, and at last we had to give up all hope of being saved. ²¹ When they had gone without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and spared yourselves this hardship and loss by refusing to set sail from Crete. ²² I now bid you cheer up. There will be no loss of life, only of the ship. ²³ For last night an angel of the God I belong to and serve, stood before me, ²⁴ saying, 'Have no fear, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And God has granted you the lives of all your fellow-voyagers.' ²⁵ Cheer up, men! I believe God, I believe it will turn out just as I have been told. ²⁶ However, we are to be stranded on an island." ²⁷ When the fourteenth night arrived, we were drifting about in the sea of Adria, when the sailors about midnight suspected land was near. ²⁸ On taking soundings they found twenty fathoms, and a little further on, when they sounded again, they found fifteen.