Acts 27
1 As it was decided that we were to sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were put in charge of a centurion of the Augustan Guard, named Julius.
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 went on board a ship from Adramyttium, which was on the point of sailing to the ports along the coast of Roman Asia, and put to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, went 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 put in to Sidon, where Julius treated Paul in a friendly manner, and allowed him to go to see his friends and receive their hospitality.
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 Putting to sea again, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the wind was against us;
And when we departed from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5 and, after crossing the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia.
And sailing through the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra a city of Lycia.
6 There the Roman officer found an Alexandrian ship on her way to Italy, and put us on board of her.
And there the centurion finding a ship of Alexandria bound for Italy, he put us on board it.
7 For several days our progress was slow, and it was only with difficulty that we arrived off Cnidus. As the wind was still unfavorable when we came off Cape Salmone, we sailed under the lee of Crete,
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 and with difficulty, by keeping close in shore, we reached a place called ‘Fair Havens,’ near which was 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 This had taken a considerable time, and sailing was already dangerous, for the Fast was already over; and so Paul gave this warning.
And as much time was spent, and sailing was now dangerous, (for the fast was now past, ) Paul exhorted them,
10 “My friends,” he said, “I see that this voyage will be attended with injury and much damage, not only to the cargo and the ship, but to our own lives also.”
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 The Roman officer, however, was more influenced by the captain and the owner than by what was said by Paul.
But the centurion regarded the pilot and the master of the vessel, more than the things that were said by Paul.
12 And, as the harbor was not a suitable one to winter in, the majority were in favor of continuing the voyage, in hope of being able to reach Phoenix, and winter there. Phoenix was a Cretan harbor, open to the north-east and south-east.
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 So, when a light wind sprang up from the south, thinking that they had found their opportunity, they weighed anchor and kept along the coast of Crete, close in shore.
And as the south wind blew gently, thinking they were secure of their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed close by Crete.
14 But shortly afterward a hurricane came down on us off the land – a north-easter, as it is called.
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind called Euroclydon.
15 The ship was caught by it and was unable to keep her head to the wind, so we had to give way and let her drive before it.
And the ship being hurried on, and not able to face the wind, we gave it up and so were carried along.
16 Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we only just managed to secure the ship’s boat,
And running under a certain island called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat.
17 and, after hoisting it on board, the men frapped the ship. But, afraid of being driven on to the Syrtis Sands, they lowered the yard, and then drifted.
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 So violently were we tossed about by the storm, that the next day they began throwing the cargo overboard,
And as we were exceedingly tossed by the storm, the next day they lightened the ship:
19 and, on the following day, threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.
and the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship too.
20 As neither sun nor stars were visible for several days, and, as the gale still continued severe, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.
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 It was then, when they had gone a long time without food, that Paul came forward, and said, “My friends, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and so incurred this injury and damage.
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 Yet, even as things are, I beg you not to lose courage, for there will not be a single life lost among you – only 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 last night an angel of the God to whom I belong, and whom I serve, stood by me, and said –
for there stood by me this night an angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying,
24 ‘Have no fear, Paul; you must appear before the Emperor, and God himself has given you the lives of all your fellow voyagers.’
Fear not, Paul, thou must be brought before Cesar, and behold God hath given thee all that are sailing with thee.
25 Therefore, courage, my friends! For I believe God, that everything will happen exactly as I have been told.
Wherefore, Sirs, be of good courage; for I trust in God, that it shall be so, according as it was told me.
26 We will, however, have to be driven on some island.”
But we must be cast upon some island.
27 It was now the fourteenth night of the storm, and we were drifting about in the Adriatic Sea, when, about midnight, the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near 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 So they took soundings, and found twenty fathoms of water. After waiting a little, they took soundings again, and found 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 Then, as they were afraid of our being driven on some rocky coast, they let go four anchors from the stern, and longed for daylight.
Then fearing least they should fall upon some rocky places, they cast four anchors out of the stern and wished for day.
30 The sailors wanted to leave the ship, and had lowered the boat, on pretense of running out anchors from the bows,
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 when Paul said to the Roman officer and his men, “Unless the sailors remain on board, 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 which held the boat, and let her drift away.
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.
33 In the interval before daybreak Paul kept urging them all to take something to eat. “It is a fortnight today,” he said, “that, owing to your anxiety, you have gone without food, taking nothing.
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 I beg you to take something to eat; your safety depends on it, for not one of you will lose even a hair of his head.”
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 With these words he took some bread, and, after saying the thanksgiving to God before them all, broke it in pieces, 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 and the men all felt cheered and had something to eat themselves.
And being all encouraged they also took some food.
37 There were about seventy-six of us on board, all told.
And we were in all in the ship two hundred and seventy-six souls.
38 After satisfying their hunger, they further 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 could not make out what land it was, but, observing a creek in which there was a beach, they consulted as to whether they could run the ship safely into it.
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 Then they cast off, and abandoned the anchors, and at the same time unlashed the gear of the steering oars, 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 They got, however, into a kind of channel, and there ran the ship aground. The bows stuck fast and could not be moved, while the stern began breaking up under the strain.
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 advice of the soldiers was that the prisoners should be killed, so that none of them could swim away and make their escape.
And the counsel of the soldiers was to kill the prisoners, least any of them should swim out and escape.
43 But the Roman officer, anxious to save Paul, prevented their carrying out their intention, and ordered that those who could swim should be the first to jump into the sea and try to reach the shore;
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 and that the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on different pieces of the ship. In these various ways everyone managed to get safely ashore.
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.
