1. It was decided that we would sail for Italy. An officer named Julius, who served in the Emperor’s army, guarded Paul and some other prisoners.
2. We got on a ship and left. The ship 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. He gave Paul 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. Then we came to 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. We could not go any farther that way. So we sailed by the south side of the island of Crete near Salmone.
8. We sailed along the coast, but the sailing was hard. Then we came to a place called Safe Harbors, near the city of Lasea.
9. But we had lost much time. It was now dangerous to sail, because it was already after the Day of Cleansing. So Paul warned them,
10. “Men, I can see there will be a lot of trouble on this trip. The ship and the things in the ship will be lost. Even our lives may be lost!”
11. But the captain and the owner of the ship did not agree with Paul. So the officer did not believe Paul. Instead, the officer believed what the captain and owner of the ship said.