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The ship started out from Caesarea ( see map) and followed the coast northward to the port town of Sidon. This would allow him to commandeer any vessel large enough to suit his needs and purposes. Since Julius was part an Augustan cohort, he was probably working directly for Caesar. Julius was the commander of one of those centuries. Typically, a cohort consisted of six centuries (eighty men per century). A cohort was a band of soldiers numbering four hundred and eighty (480) men. Paul and some other political prisoners, who were headed for Rome, were put into the charge of a centurion named Julius. These first five verses are a detailed explanation of where the ship journeyed on the first part of the voyage. (5) And when we had sailed through the sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. (4) And from there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were contrary. (3) And the next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration and allowed him to go to his friends and receive care. (2) And embarking in an Adramyttian ship, which was about to sail to the regions along the coast of Asia, we put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica. (1) And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan cohort named Julius. I imagine that a ship's captain in Paul's day would have looked at him and said “Oh no, not you, not on my boat! Let someone else take you to Rome.” Acts chapter 27 gives a detailed account of one of those shipwrecks. Did you know that the Apostle Paul was shipwrecked three times? That's right, three times! If you want to verify that, read 2Cor. Take my word on this a shipwreck is something that no one wants to go through. In all of the shipwrecks there was a tremendous monetary loss in property. In some of the shipwrecks there was a loss of some or all of the lives onboard. Coast Guard (I retired after 30 years of service), I participated in many rescues that involved a shipwreck. When I was an active duty member of the U.S.