Acts 27
1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
Now as it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan cohort.
2 We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
And going on board a ship of Adramyttium, we went off, intending to sail by the coasts of Asia; Aristarchus a Macedonian of Thessalonica being with us.
3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius treating Paul with great humanity, permitted him to go to his friends to get proper supplies.
4 After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
And when we departed from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5 And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
And sailing through the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra a city of Lycia.
6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
And there the centurion finding a ship of Alexandria bound for Italy, he put us on board it.
7 After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
And as we sailed slowly for many days, and were hardly got on to Cnidus, the wind not permitting us, we sailed under Crete by Salmone.
8 After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
And passing it with difficulty, we came to a place called the Fair-havens, near to which was the city of Lasea.
9 By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
And as much time was spent, and sailing was now dangerous, (for the fast was now past, ) Paul exhorted them,
10 “Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”
saying, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage is like to be prejudicial and with much damage, not only of the lading and of the ship, but also of our lives.
11 But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
But the centurion regarded the pilot and the master of the vessel, more than the things that were said by Paul.
12 Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
And the haven not being commodious to winter in, the greater part advised to sail from thence, if they could possibly reach to Phenice to winter at that haven of Crete, which looks both to the south-west and north-west.
13 When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.
And as the south wind blew gently, thinking they were secure of their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed close by Crete.
14 But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind called Euroclydon.
15 Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
And the ship being hurried on, and not able to face the wind, we gave it up and so were carried along.
16 Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
And running under a certain island called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat.
17 After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
Which when they had hoisted up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and fearing least they should fall into the quick-sands, they struck fail, and so were driven.
18 We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
And as we were exceedingly tossed by the storm, the next day they lightened the ship:
19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
and the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship too.
20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
And as neither sun nor stars appeared for several days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was now taken away.
21 After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.
But after long abstinence from food, Paul stood up in the midst of them and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not loosed from Crete, and so have saved this damage and loss.
22 But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.
However, I now exhort you to be of good courage: for there shall be no loss of any life among you, but only of the ship:
23 For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
for there stood by me this night an angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying,
24 and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
Fear not, Paul, thou must be brought before Cesar, and behold God hath given thee all that are sailing with thee.
25 So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
Wherefore, Sirs, be of good courage; for I trust in God, that it shall be so, according as it was told me.
26 However, we must run aground on some island.”
But we must be cast upon some island.
27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
And when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the mariners thought they drew near to some land:
28 They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
and sounding they found it twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, and sounded again, they found it fifteen fathoms.
29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
Then fearing least they should fall upon some rocky places, they cast four anchors out of the stern and wished for day.
30 Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
But the mariners endeavouring to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat into the sea, under pretence that they were going to stretch out anchors from the head of the ship,
31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers, Unless these men stay in the ship ye cannot be saved.
32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.
33 Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
And while the day was coming on, Paul exhorted them all to take some food, saying, Fourteen days this day ye continue waiting without proper food, having taken nothing:
34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
wherefore I exhort you to take some nourishment, for this is necessary for your safety: for there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you.
35 After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.
And having spoken thus, he took bread and gave thanks to God in presence of them all, and when he had broken it he began to eat.
36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
And being all encouraged they also took some food.
37 In all, there were 276 of us on board.
And we were in all in the ship two hundred and seventy-six souls.
38 After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
And when they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship and cast out the corn into the sea.
39 When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
And when it was day, they did not know the land near them: but they perceived a certain creek with a shore, into which they were desirous, if they could, to have thrust the ship.
40 Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
And when they had taken up the anchors, they trusted the ship to the sea, at the same time, loosing the rudder-bands; and hoisting up the main-sail to the wind, they made to the shore.
41 But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.
But falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship a-ground; and the fore-part stuck fast, and remained immoveable, but the hinder part was dashed in pieces by the violence of the waves.
42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
And the counsel of the soldiers was to kill the prisoners, least any of them should swim out and escape.
43 But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
But the centurion, desirous to save Paul, hindered them from their purpose, and ordered those that could swim to throw themselves out first, and get off to land:
44 The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
and the rest, some on planks, and others on some other things out of the ship. And so it came to pass that they all got safe to land.
