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10 “Men, I can see that this voyage will be fraught with danger and involve heavy losses, not only of the ship and the cargo but also of our lives.”

11 However, the centurion paid more attention to the advice of the captain and of the ship’s owner than to what Paul said. 12 Since the harbor was unsuitable for spending the winter, the majority were in favor of putting out to sea from there, in the hope that they could reach Phoenix,[a] a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 27:12 Phoenix: a city with a harbor that provided protection from storms.