Acts 27:3

27:3 The next day we put in ¹  at Sidon, ²  and Julius, treating Paul kindly, ³  allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed. ⁴ 

Acts 27:11

27:11 But the centurion ⁵  was more convinced ⁶  by the captain ⁷  and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said. ⁸ 

Acts 27:31

27:31 Paul said to the centurion ⁹  and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you ¹⁰  cannot be saved.”

¹ tn BDAG 516 s.v. κατάγω states, “Hence the pass., in act. sense, of ships and seafarers put in εἴς τι at a harbor…εἰς Σιδῶνα Ac 27:3.”

² sn Sidon is another seaport 75 mi (120 km) north of Caesarea.

³ tn BDAG 1056 s.v. φιλανθρώπως states, “benevolently, kindly φιλανθρώπως χρῆσθαί (τινι) treat someone in kindly fashion…Ac 27:3.”

⁴ tn Grk “to go to his friends to be cared for.” The scene is an indication of Christian hospitality.

⁵ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

⁶ tn Or “persuaded.”

⁷ tn BDAG 456 s.v. κυβερνήτης 1 has “one who is responsible for the management of a ship, shipmaster…W. ναύκληρος, the ‘shipowner’…Ac 27:11” See further L. Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World, 316-18.

⁸ tn Grk “than by what was said by Paul.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one to simplify the translation.

⁹ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

¹⁰ sn The pronoun you is plural in Greek.