The Bible Study Podcast, episode 163. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of Acts with

Chapter 27.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen. We are rapidly winding up the book of

Acts, and Paul sets sail for Rome. Remember that Paul has been tried under Felix and Festus and

Agrippa now, and they haven't found anything wrong with him, but he has appealed to Caesar, so off to Caesar,

he will go. And so he is starting in Caesarea Philippi, and he is heading towards Rome.

When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed

over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the imperial regiment. We boarded a ship

from Adramitium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to sea.

Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us. The next day we landed in Sidon,

and Julius, in kindness to Paul, allowed him to go to his friends so that they might provide for his

needs. From there we put out to sea again, and passed to the Lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Silesia and Pimphalia, we landed in Myra in Lycia.

There the Centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

We made slow headway for many days and had

difficulty arriving off Sindus. When the wind did not allow us to hold our course, we sailed to the

Lee of Crete opposite Salmona. We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a place called

Fair Havens near the town of Lacea. Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become

dangerous because it was now after the fast. So Paul warned them, men, I can see our voyage is going to be

disastrous, and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also. But the centurion,

instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and the owners of the ship.

Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided that we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there.

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