Introduction
It being determined that Paul should be sent to Rome, he is delivered to Julius, a centurion, Acts 27:1 . They embark in a ship of Adramyttium, and come the next day to Sidon, Acts 27:2 , Acts 27:3 . They sail thence, and pass Cyprus, Cilicia, and Pamphylia, and come to Myra, Acts 27:4 , Acts 27:5 . They are transferred there to a ship of Alexandria going to Italy; sail past Cnidus, Crete, Salmone, and come to the Fair Havens, Acts 27:6-8 . Paul predicts a disastrous voyage, Acts 27:9-11 . They sail from the Fair Havens, in order to reach Crete, and winter there; but, having a comparatively favorable wind, they sail past Crete, and meet with a tempest, and are brought into extreme peril and distress, Acts 27:12-20 . Paul's exhortation and prediction of the loss of the ship, Acts 27:21-26 . After having been tossed about in the Adriatic Sea, for many days, they are at last shipwrecked on the island of Melita; and the whole crew, consisting of two hundred and seventy-six persons, escape safe to land, on broken fragments of the ship, vv. 27-44.
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