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Now when it was decided that ^(C1)we ^(C2)would sail for ^(C3)Italy, they proceeded to turn Paul and some other prisoners over to a centurion of the Augustan ^(F1)(C4)cohort, named Julius.

And we boarded an Adramyttian ship that was about to sail to the regions along the coast of ^(F1)(C1)Asia, and put out to sea accompanied by ^(C2)Aristarchus, a ^(C3)Macedonian of ^(C4)Thessalonica.

The next day we put in at ^(C1)Sidon; and Julius ^(C2)treated Paul with consideration and ^(C3)allowed him to go to his friends and receive care.

From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of ^(C1)Cyprus, because ^(C2)the winds were contrary.

When we had sailed through the sea along the coast of ^(C1)Cilicia and ^(C2)Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.

There the centurion found an ^(C1)Alexandrian ship sailing for ^(C2)Italy, and he put us aboard it.

When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, ^(C1)since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of ^(C2)Crete, off Salmone;

and with difficulty ^(C1)sailing past it, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even ^(C1)the ^(F1)fast was already over, Paul started admonishing them,

saying to them, "Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with ^(C1)damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."

But the centurion was more persuaded by the ^(C1)pilot and the ^(F1)captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul.

The harbor was not suitable for wintering, so the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of ^(C1)Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

^(F1)When a moderate south wind came up, thinking that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began ^(C1)sailing along ^(C2)Crete, closer to shore.

But before very long a violent wind, called ^(F1)Euraquilo, ^(C1)rushed down from ^(F2)the land;

and when the ship was caught in it and could not head up into the wind, we gave up and let ourselves be driven by the wind.

Running under the shelter of a small island called Cauda, we were able to get the ship's ^(F1)boat under control only with difficulty.

After they had hoisted it up, they used ^(F1)supporting cables in undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might ^(C1)run aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they let down the ^(F2)sea anchor and let themselves be driven along in this way.

The next day as we were being violently tossed by the storm, ^(F1)they began to ^(C1)jettison the cargo;

and on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.

Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was slowly abandoned.