Acts 27

And when ^ait was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ ^bband. ²And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of ^cAsia; one ^dAristarchus, a Macedonian of ^eThessalonica, being with us. ³And the next day we touched at ^fSidon. And Julius ^gcourteously entreated Paul, and ^hgave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. ⁴And when we had launched from thence, we ⁱsailed under ^jCyprus, because the winds were contrary. ⁵And when we had sailed over the sea of ^kCilicia and ^lPamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of ^mLycia. ⁶And there the centurion found ⁿa ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. ⁷And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against ^mCnidus, ^othe wind not suffering us, we ⁱsailed under ^pCrete, over against Salmone; ⁸and, hardly ^qpassing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. ⁹Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, ¹⁰and said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with ^rhurt and much ^rdamage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives. ¹¹Nevertheless the centurion believed the ^smaster and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. ¹²And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is a haven of ^pCrete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. ¹³And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their ^tpurpose, loosing thence, they ^qsailed close by ^pCrete. ¹⁴But not long after there arose ^uagainst it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. ¹⁵And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. ¹⁶And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: ¹⁷which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and fearing lest they should ^vfall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. ¹⁸And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they ^wlightened the ship; ¹⁹and the third day we ^wcast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. ²⁰And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. ²¹But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ^xye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from ^pCrete, and to have gained this ^rharm and ^rloss. ²²And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship. ²³For ^ythere ^zstood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and ^awhom I serve, ²⁴saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cesar: and lo, God hath ^bgiven thee all them that sail with thee. ²⁵Wherefore, sirs, ^cbe of good cheer: ^dfor I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. ²⁶Howbeit ^ewe must be ^fcast upon a certain island.

²⁷But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; ²⁸and sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. ²⁹Then fearing lest we should have ^ffallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. ³⁰And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down ^gthe boat into the sea, ^hunder colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, ³¹Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. ³²Then the soldiers cut off the ⁱropes of the boat, and ^jlet her ^ffall off. ³³And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. ³⁴Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for ^kthere shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you. ³⁵And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and ^lgave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. ³⁶Then were they all ^cof good cheer, and they also took some meat. ³⁷And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen ^msouls. ³⁸And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. ³⁹And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. ⁴⁰And when they had taken up ^othe anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and ^ploosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. ⁴¹And falling into a place where two seas met, ^qthey ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. ⁴²And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. ⁴³But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land: ⁴⁴and the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, ^rthat they escaped all safe to land.

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