Acts 27:13–26

¹³and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained their purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete, ¹⁴and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon, ¹⁵and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given her up, we were borne on, ¹⁶and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat, ¹⁷which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast—so were borne on. ¹⁸And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding day they were making a clearing, ¹⁹and on the third day with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out, ²⁰and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

²¹And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, ‘It behoved you, indeed, O men—having hearkened to me—not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage; ²²and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you—but of the ship; ²³for there stood by me this night a messenger of God—whose I am, and whom I serve— ²⁴saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee; ²⁵wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me, ²⁶and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.’