AC-27:1  And when it was determined that we should sail into

Italy,

they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto [one] named

Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.

AC-27:2  And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched,

meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; [one] Aristarchus, a

Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

AC-27:3  And the next [day] we touched at Sidon. And Julius

courteously entreated Paul, and gave [him] liberty to go unto his

friends to refresh himself.

AC-27:4  And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under

Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

AC-27:5  And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and

Pamphylia, we came to Myra, [a city] of Lycia.

AC-27:6  And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria

sailing

into Italy; and he put us therein.

AC-27:7  And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were

come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed

under

Crete, over against Salmone;

AC-27:8  And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is

called

The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city [of] Lasea.

AC-27:9  Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now

dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished

[them],

AC-27:10  And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage

will

be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship,

but

also of our lives.

AC-27:11  Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the

owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by

Paul.

AC-27:12  And because the haven was not commodious to winter in,

the

more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they

might

attain to Phenice, [and there] to winter; [which is] an haven of

Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.

AC-27:13  And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that

they

had obtained [their] purpose, loosing [thence], they sailed

close by

Crete.

AC-27:14  But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous

wind, called Euroclydon.

AC-27:15  And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up

into

the wind, we let [her] drive.

AC-27:16  And running under a certain island which is called

Clauda,

we had much work to come by the boat:

AC-27:17  Which when they had taken up, they used helps,

undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into

the

quicksands, struck sail, and so were driven.

AC-27:18  And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the

next

[day] they lightened the ship;

AC-27:19  And the third [day] we cast out with our own hands the

tackling of the ship.

AC-27:20  And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared,

and

no small tempest lay on [us], all hope that we should be saved

was

then taken away.

AC-27:21  But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the

midst of

them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not

have

loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

AC-27:22  And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there

shall

be no loss of [any man's] life among you, but of the ship.

AC-27:23  For there stood by me this night the angel of God,

whose I

am, and whom I serve,

AC-27:24  Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before

Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with

thee.

AC-27:25  Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God,

that

it shall be even as it was told me.

AC-27:26  Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

AC-27:27  But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were

driven

up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they

drew near to some country;

AC-27:28  And sounded, and found [it] twenty fathoms: and when

they

had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found [it]

fifteen fathoms.

AC-27:29  Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks,

they

cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

AC-27:30  And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship,

when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as

though

they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

AC-27:31  Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except

these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

AC-27:32  Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and

let

her fall off.

AC-27:33  And while the day was coming on, Paul besought [them]

all

to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have

tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.

AC-27:34  Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is

for

your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of

any

of you.

AC-27:35  And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave

thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken

[it],

he began to eat.

AC-27:36  Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took

[some] meat.

AC-27:37  And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore

and

sixteen souls.

AC-27:38  And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the

ship,

and cast out the wheat into the sea.

AC-27:39  And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they

discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were

minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.

AC-27:40  And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed

[themselves] unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and

hoisted

up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.

AC-27:41  And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran

the

ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained

unmoveable,

but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

AC-27:42  And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners,

lest

any of them should swim out, and escape.

AC-27:43  But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from

[their] purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should

cast [themselves] first [into the sea], and get to land:

AC-27:44  And the rest, some on boards, and some on [broken

pieces]

of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe

to

land.

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