Acts 28:13

"Rhegium" Pronounced ree jee uhm, this was. seaport on the coast of southern Italy, across the Strait of Messina from the island of Sicily. "Sailed around" Due to the wind they may have been forced to sail in the pattern of. half-circle, rather than. straight line. "A day later. south wind sprang up" The term sprang up denotes. change in the wind patterns, such. wind was what they needed to sail without undue changer between the famous rocks of Scylla and the whirlpool of Charybdis. "Puteoli" Pronounced poo tee uh lih, here is where the great grain ships from Alexandrian were finally unloaded. In modern times this city goes by the name of Pozuoli, and is across the Bay of Naples from Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. The distance between Rhegium and Puteoli is about 180 miles.