1. When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered PAUL and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

2. Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

3. The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated PAUL kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

4. Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

5. When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.