10. “Men, I can see there will be a lot of trouble on this trip. The ship, the cargo, and even our lives may be lost.”
11. But the captain and the owner of the ship did not agree with Paul, and the officer believed what the captain and owner of the ship said.
12. Since that harbor was not a good place for the ship to stay for the winter, most of the men decided that the ship should leave. They hoped we could go to Phoenix and stay there for the winter. Phoenix, a city on the island of Crete, had a harbor which faced southwest and northwest.
13. When a good wind began to blow from the south, the men on the ship thought, “This is the wind we wanted, and now we have it.” So they pulled up the anchor, and we sailed very close to the island of Crete.