- v 1 to 8 Paul, along with other prisoners is to be taken to Rome by ship. They leave Caesarea and sail round Cyprus and along the coast of Cilicia, Pamphylia and Lycia (southern Turkey) where they board a second ship and slowly reach Crete
- v 9 to 12 The master of the ship decides to sail to Phoenix, a more attractive port along the coast of Crete. Paul’s warning of certain disaster is ignored
- v 13 to 20 Not long after, a stormy offshore wind blows them off course. Unable to control the ship they are driven by the wind for many days and despair of surviving
- v 21 to 32 After many days without food, Paul says that an angel has assured him that they will run aground on an island and that there will be no loss of life. On the 14th night they detect that they are nearing land and Paul prevents the sailors from abandoning the ship
- v 33 to 44 Paul encourages them all to eat some food and assures them they will all escape to land. The centurion prevents the soldiers from killing the prisoners in case they escape. The ship runs aground and breaks up, but everyone escapes safely to the land
Timeline AD 60
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