So, you guessed it, Paul is off to Italy. When they decided that they should sail there, Paul was put in the care of a man named Julius, a centurion of Cæsar Augustus’ army. (If you read the text in your Bible, you’ll find that Luke is using the word “we” again, indicating that he was traveling with Paul.) They set sail on a ship sailing for Adramyttium, meaning to sail along the coasts of Asia, because Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with them. (Aristarchus is one of the fellows who has been traveling with Paul since he left Greece on his third journey.) The next day, they landed at Sidon. Julius treated Paul courteously and allowed him to go to his friends' to rest. When they launched from there, they sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary (blowing against them).

          Let’s have a little Daily Bread Crumb here! If you look at any Map of Paul’s Journeys, you’ll see that on the way to Rome, they in fact sailed north of Cyprus, which most would say is above it, not under it. Actually, the term under, in this case, means near. Also, the words up and down, seem to be transposed at times in Biblical text, for example, when Luke talks about going from Cæsarea to Jerusalem, he says, ascended (going up) from Cæsarea, when Jerusalem is really south of Cæsarea. However, consider also that Cæsarea is on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea where the land is flat, and Jerusalem is more mountainous, so Luke may have been speaking of the terrain, rather than the direction. Oft times if a person is going to a capital city, no matter the geographical position, it is referred to as "ascending" to it, or going "up" to it.

          When they had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, they came to Myra, a city of Lycia, and there, Julius found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put them on it. When they had sailed slowly for many days, and had barely reached Cnidus, because the wind wouldn’t allow them, they sailed under (near) Crete, over against Salmone; and, just passing it, came to a place which is called The Fair Havens; near the city of Lasea.

PAUL'S FOURTH JOURNEY LESSON WITH PAUL'S FOURTH JOURNEY EXPLANATION

          While the day was dawning, Paul urged them all to eat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that you’ve waited and continued fasting, having eaten nothing. So I ask you to eat some food, this is for your health: because there shall not one hair fall from the head of any of you. And when he said this, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.