Acts 27:1–24

Paul Is Sent to Rome

1 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 1dcohort named Julius.

2 And embarking in an Adramyttian ship, which was about to sail to the regions along the coast of 1aAsia, we put out to sea accompanied by bAristarchus, a cMacedonian of dThessalonica.

3 The next day we put in at aSidon; and Julius btreated Paul with consideration and callowed him to go to his friends and receive care.

4 From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of aCyprus because bthe winds were contrary.

5 When we had sailed through the sea along the coast of aCilicia and bPamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.

6 There the centurion found an aAlexandrian ship sailing for bItaly, and he put us aboard it.

7 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;

8 and with difficulty asailing past it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

9 When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even athe 1fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them,

10 and 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.”

11 But the centurion was more persuaded by the apilot and the 1captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul.

12 Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of aCrete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

13 1When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began asailing along bCrete, close inshore.

Shipwreck

14 But before very long there arushed down from 1the land a violent wind, called 2Euraquilo;

15 and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be driven along.

16 Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship’s 1boat under control.

17 After they had hoisted it up, they used 1supporting cables in undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might arun aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they let down the 2sea anchor and in this way let themselves be driven along.

18 The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, 1they began to ajettison the cargo;

19 and on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

20 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.

21 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 and not to have set sail from bCrete and 3incurred this adamage and loss.

22 “Yet now I urge you to akeep up your courage, 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,

24 saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; ayou must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you ball those who are sailing with you.’