⁴³ But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:

³ And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

⁷ When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.

¹⁰ And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.

²⁴ And get beasts so that they may put Paul on them, and take him safely to Felix, the ruler.

¹¹ But the captain gave more attention to the master and the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.

³¹ But Paul said to the captain and his men, If you do not keep these men in the ship, you will not be safe.

²⁵ Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;