Paul and His Associates Sail for Rome

27 And when it was decided that we would sail away to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named[a] Julius of the Augustan[b] Cohort. And we went aboard a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to the places along the coast[c] of Asia[d] and[e] put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us. And on the next day, we put in at Sidon. And Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him[f] to go to his[g] friends to be cared for.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 27:1 Literally “by name”
  2. Acts 27:1 The meaning and significance of the title “Augustan” is highly debated, as is the precise identification of this military unit; it may be an honorary unit designation given to auxiliary or provincial troops
  3. Acts 27:2 The word “coast” is not in the Greek text but is implied
  4. Acts 27:2 A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)
  5. Acts 27:2 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went aboard”) has been translated as a finite verb
  6. Acts 27:3 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Acts 27:3 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  8. Acts 27:3 Literally “to experience care”