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1
When
it was decided
that we would sail
for Italy,
they proceeded to deliver
Paul
and some
other
prisoners
to a centurion
of the Augustan
cohort
named
Julius.
2
And embarking
in an Adramyttian
ship,
which was about
to sail
to the regions
along the coast
of Asia,
we put out to sea
accompanied
by Aristarchus,
a Macedonian
of Thessalonica.
3
The next
day we put
in at Sidon;
and Julius
treated
Paul
with consideration
and allowed
him to go
to his friends
and receive
care.
4
From there
we put out to sea
and sailed under the shelter
of Cyprus
because
the winds
were contrary.
5
When we had sailed through
the sea
along the coast
of Cilicia
and Pamphylia,
we landed
at Myra
in Lycia.
6
There
the centurion
found
an Alexandrian
ship
sailing
for Italy,
and he put us aboard
it.
7
When we had sailed slowly
for a good many
days,
and with difficulty
had arrived
off
Cnidus,
since the wind
did not permit us to go farther,
we sailed under the shelter
of Crete,
off
Salmone;
8
and with difficulty
sailing 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
the fast
was already
over,
Paul
began to admonish
them,
10
and said
to them, "Men,
I perceive
that the voyage
will certainly
be with damage
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 pilot
and the captain of the ship
than
by what was being said
by Paul.
12
Because the harbor
was not suitable
for wintering,
the majority
reach
ed
a decision
to put out to sea
from there,
if
somehow
they could
reach
Phoenix,
a harbor
of Crete,
facing
southwest
and northwest,
and spend the winter
there.
13
When a moderate
south wind
came
up, supposing
that they had attained
their purpose,
they weighed anchor
and began sailing along
Crete,
close
inshore.
14
But before
very long
there rushed
down
from the land a violent
wind,
called
Euraquilo;
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 boat
under control.
17
After they had hoisted
it up, they used
supporting cables
in undergirding
the ship;
and fearing
that they might run aground
on the shallows of Syrtis,
they let down
the sea anchor
and in this way
let themselves be driven
along.
18
The next
day as we were being violently
storm-tossed,
they began to jettison 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
When they had gone
a long
time without food,
then
Paul
stood
up in their midst
and said,
"Men,
you ought
to have followed my advice
and not to have set sail
from Crete
and incurred
this
damage
and loss.
22
"Yet now
I urge
you to keep up your courage,
for there will be no
loss
of life
among
you, but only of the ship.
23
"For this
very night
an angel
of the God
to whom
I belong
and whom
I serve
stood before
me,
24
saying,
'Do not be afraid,
Paul;
you must
stand before
Caesar;
and behold,
God
has granted
you all
those
who are sailing
with you.'
25
"Therefore,
keep up your courage,
men,
for I believe
God
that it will turn
out exactly
as I have been told.
26
"But we must
run aground
on a certain
island."
27
But when
the fourteenth
night
came,
as we were being driven about
in the Adriatic
Sea, about
midnight
the sailors
began to surmise
that they were approaching
some
land.
28
They took
sounding
s
and found
it to be twenty
fathoms;
and a little
farther
on they took
another
sounding
and found
it to be fifteen
fathoms.
29
Fearing
that we might run aground
somewhere
on the rocks,
they cast
four
anchors
from the stern
and wished
for daybreak.
30
But as the sailors
were trying
to escape
from the ship
and had let down
the ship's boat
into the sea,
on the pretense
of intending
to lay
out anchors
from the bow,
31
Paul
said
to the centurion
and to the soldiers,
"Unless
these men
remain
in the ship,
you yourselves
cannot
be saved."
32
Then
the soldiers
cut away
the ropes
of the ship's boat
and let
it fall away.
33
Until
the
day
was about
to dawn,
Paul
was encouraging
them all
to take
some food,
saying,
"Today
is the fourteenth
day
that you have been constantly
watching
and going without eating,
having taken
nothing.
34
"Therefore
I encourage
you to take
some food,
for this
is for your preservation,
for not a hair
from the head
of any
of you will perish."
35
Having said
this,
he took
bread
and gave thanks
to God
in the presence
of all,
and he broke
it and began
to eat.
36
All
of them were encouraged
and they themselves
also took
food.
37
All
of us in the ship
were two hundred
and seventy-six
persons.
38
When they had eaten enough,
they began to lighten
the ship
by throwing
out the wheat
into the sea.
39
When
day
came,
they could not recognize
the land;
but they did observe
a bay
with a beach,
and they resolved
to drive
the ship
onto
it if
they could.
40
And casting off
the anchors,
they left
them in the sea
while at the same time
they were loosening
the ropes
of the rudders;
and hoisting
the foresail
to the wind,
they were heading
for the beach.
41
But striking
a reef
where two seas met,
they ran
the vessel
aground;
and the prow
stuck fast
and remained
immovable,
but the stern
began to be broken
up by the force
of the waves.
42
The soldiers'
plan
was to kill
the prisoners,
so that none
of them would swim away
and escape;
43
but the centurion,
wanting
to bring
Paul
safely through,
kept
them from their intention,
and commanded
that those
who could
swim
should jump overboard
first
and get
to land,
44
and the rest
should follow, some
on planks,
and others
on various things
from the ship.
And so
it happened
that they all
were brought safely
to land.
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