Acts 27:13–26

The Storm at Sea

¹³Now when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore. ¹⁴But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, ^lstruck down from the land. ¹⁵And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. ¹⁶Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda,² we managed with difficulty to secure the ship’s boat. ¹⁷After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would ^mrun aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear,³ and thus they were driven along. ¹⁸Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day ⁿto jettison the cargo. ¹⁹And on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. ²⁰When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.

²¹Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, ^oyou should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this ^oinjury and loss. ²²Yet now I urge you to ^ptake heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. ²³For this very night ^qthere ^rstood before me ^san angel of the God ^tto whom I belong and ^uwhom I worship, ²⁴and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; ^vyou must stand before Caesar. And behold, ^wGod has granted you all those who sail with you.’ ²⁵So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told. ²⁶But ^xwe must ^yrun aground on some island.”