Acts 27:1-28
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27Now when it was decided that awe bwould sail for cItaly, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan 1,dcohort named Julius. 2And getting aboard an Adramyttian ship, which was about to sail to the regions along the coast of 1,aAsia, we set sail accompanied by bAristarchus, a cMacedonian of dThessalonica. 3The next day we put in at aSidon, and Julius btreated Paul with consideration and callowed him to go to his friends and receive care. 4And from there we set sail and sailed under the shelter of aCyprus because bthe winds were against us. 5And when we had sailed through the sea along the coast of aCilicia and bPamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. 6There the centurion found an aAlexandrian ship sailing for bItaly, and he put us aboard it. 7And when we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, asince the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of bCrete, off Salmone; 8and with difficulty, we asailed past it and came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
9And when considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even athe 1Fast was already over, Paul began to advise them, 10and said to them, “Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with adamage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.” 11But the centurion was being more persuaded by the apilot and the 1captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. 12And because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to set sail from there, if somehow they could arrive at Phoenix, a harbor of aCrete facing southwest and northwest, to spend the winter there.
13And when a moderate 1south wind came up, thinking that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began asailing along 2the shore of bCrete.
The Storm at Sea
14But before very long there arushed down from 1the land a violent wind, called 2Euraquilo; 15and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be carried along. 16And running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship’s 1boat under control. 17After they had hoisted it up, they used 1supporting cables in undergirding the ship. Fearing that they might arun aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they let down the 2sea anchor and in this way let themselves be carried along. 18And the next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, 1they began to ajettison the cargo; 19and on the third day they cast the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. 20And since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.
21And 1when they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up in their midst and said, “aMen, you ought to have 2followed my advice to not set sail from bCrete and to 3avoid this cdamage and loss. 22“And now I advise you to abe cheerful, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. 23“For this very night aan angel of the God to whom I belong and bwhom I serve cstood before me, 24saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; ayou must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you ball those who are sailing with you.’ 25“Therefore, abe cheerful, men, for I believe God that 1it will turn out exactly as I have been told. 26“But we must arun aground on some bisland.”
27But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being carried about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to suspect that some land was approaching them. 28And when they took soundings, they found it to be 1twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be 2fifteen fathoms.