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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.