It was Caiaphas who had said to the Jews that it was in their interest for one man to be put to death for the people.
Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
And as the harbour was not a good one in which to be for the winter, the greater number of them were for going out to sea, in order, if possible, to put in for the winter at Phoenix, a harbour of Crete, looking to the north-east and south-east.
And as a long time had gone by, and the journey was now full of danger, because it was late in the year, Paul put the position before them,