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 Captain of the Augustan Guard, named Julius.
And when it was determined that we should sail away into Italy, they committed both Paul and certain other prisoners to the centurion, Julius by name, of the band of Augustus.
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 having embarked on an Adramyttium ship, about to sail to those places along Asia, we set sail; Aristarchus, the 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 on the following day we disembarked at Sidon; and Julius, treating Paul kindly, permitted him having gone to his friends to receive their benefactions.
4 Putting to sea again, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the wind was against us;
And having embarked 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 having sailed through the sea which is opposite Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down into Myra 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 having found an Alexandrian ship sailing into Italy; transferred us into 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 unfavourable when we came off Cape Salmone, we sailed under the lee of Crete,
And sailing slowly during many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not favoring us, we sailed under Crete, opposite 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, with difficulty passing by it, we came into a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city 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 much time passing away, and navigation being already unsafe, because the Fast had already passed by, 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 to them, Men, I perceive that this voyage is going to be with peril and much loss, not only with the cargo and 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 trusted the pilot and midshipman, rather than the things spoken by Paul.
12 And, as the harbour was not a suitable one to winter in, the majority were in favour of continuing the voyage, in hope of being able to reach Phoenix, and winter there. Phoenix was a Cretan harbour, open to the north-east and south-east.
And the harbor being unsafe for spending the winter, most of them projected to the council to depart thence, if perchance they might be able, having arrived into Phoenix, to spend the winter there; a harbor of Crete, looking toward the southeast and the northeast.
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 the south wind blowing, thinking they could achieve their purpose, lifting up a sail, they went coasting along near Crete.
14 But shortly afterwards a hurricane came down on us off the land — a north-easter, as it is called.
Not long afterward a typhonic wind, called Euraquilo, set in against her;
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 having been seized, and being unable to resist the wind, having given away to it, we were borne 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 scarcely able to get possession 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 lifting up they used helps, under-girding the ship; and fearing lest they might fall into Syrtis, lowering the gear, they were thus carried along.
18 So violently were we tossed about by the storm, that the next day they began throwing the cargo overboard,
And we being tossed violently by the storm, they were successively making the casting out,
19 and, on the following day, threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.
and on the third day with their own hands they threw overboard the tackling of the ship;
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 neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and there being no small tempest on us, finally all hope of saving us was 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.
And there being much fasting, Paul standing in their midst, said, O men, truly it behooved you obeying me, not to depart from Crete, and incur this injury and loss.
22 Yet, even as things are, I urge you not to lose courage, for there will not be a single life lost among you — only the ship.
And now I exhort you to take courage: for there will be no loss of the life of you, except 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 the angel of God, whose I am, and whom indeed I serve, stood by me this night,
24 ‘Have no fear, Paul; you must appear before the Emperor, and God himself has given you the lives of all your fellow-voyagers.’
saying, Fear not, Paul; for it behooveth thee to stand before Caesar: and, behold, God has given thee all those sailing along with thee.
25 Therefore, courage, my friends! for I believe God, that everything will happen exactly as I have been told.
Therefore cheer up, O men: for I believe God, that it shall be according to the manner which He has spoken to me.
26 We shall, however, have to be driven on some island.”
But it behooves us to fall upon a certain 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 it was the fourteenth night, we being borne along in the Adriatic Sea, about the middle of the night the sailors surmised that some country was coming to them.
28 So they took soundings, and found twenty fathoms of water. After waiting a little, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
And having sounded, they found it twenty fathoms; and moving on a short distance, and sounding again, they found it fifteen fathoms;
29 Then, as they were afraid of our being driven upon some rocky coast, they let go four anchors from the stern, and longed for daylight.
and fearing lest they may fall out against rough places, casting four anchors from the stern, they were praying that the day should come.
30 The sailors wanted to leave the ship, and had lowered the boat, on pretence of running out anchors from the bows,
And the sailors seeking to escape from the ship, and lowering the boat into the sea, with a pretext as about to cast anchors from the prow,
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 the soldiers, Unless these may remain in the ship, you are not able to be saved.
32 Upon that the soldiers cut the ropes which held the boat, and let her drift away.
Then the soldiers cut the ropes away from the boat, and let it fall out.
33 In the interval before daybreak Paul kept urging them all to take something to eat. “It is a fortnight to-day,” he said, “that, owing to your anxiety, you have gone without food, taking nothing.
But until the day was about to come, Paul exhorted all to take food, saying, Already this day you remain in a state of solicitude, the fourteenth day, receiving nothing.
34 So I urge you to take something to eat; your safety depends upon it, for not one of you will lose even a hair of his head.”
Therefore I exhort you to take food: for this is for your safety: for not a hair of your head shall perish.
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 these words, and taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and breaking it, began to eat.
36 and the men all felt cheered and had something to eat themselves.
And all becoming cheerful, themselves also took food.
37 There were about seventy-six of us on board, all told.
And we were two hundred and seventy-six souls in the ship.
38 After satisfying their hunger, they further lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
And having been revived by the food, they lightened the ship, casting the wheat over 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 recognize the land: but discovered a certain gulf having a shore, into which they determined, if possible, to thrust out 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 having knocked off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders, and raising up the main sail to the blowing wind, they made for 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.
And having fallen into a place where two seas met, they broke the ship, and indeed the prow, sticking fast, remained motionless, but the stern was torn off by the violence (of the wind).
42 The advice of the soldiers was that the prisoners should be killed, for fear that any of them should swim away and make their escape.
And the counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest some one, having outswum them, might 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, wishing to save Paul, forbade them from their counsel; and commanded that those who were able to swim, having first thrown themselves overboard, to go to the land;
44 and that the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on different pieces of the ship. In these various ways every one managed to get safely ashore.
and the rest, some on planks, and others on some parts from the ship. And thus it came to pass that all came safe to the land.
