<p>27:3 <em>And the next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go to his friends and refresh himself</em>- &quot;Refresh&quot; translates Greek which suggests he may have been ill. Perhaps Paul's weak health was one reason why Luke the physician travelled with him. This would have been Paul's first taste of freedom for over two years, having been imprisoned all that time in Caesarea. To get to Sidon in one day meant they had a very good wind- for it was 70 miles. The believers there may have been converted in the wake of the Lord's visit to that area in Mt. 15:21.</p>