The Acts of the Emissaries, Chapter 27
{27:1} When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they
delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named
Julius, of the Augustan band. {27:2} Embarking in a ship of
Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia,
we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with
us. {27:3} The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul
kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh
himself. {27:4} Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of
Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. {27:5} When we had sailed
across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a
city of Lycia. {27:6} There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria
sailing for Italy, and he put us on board. {27:7} When we had sailed
slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the
wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete,
opposite Salmone. {27:8} With difficulty sailing along it we came to a
certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
{27:9} When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous,
because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them,
{27:10} and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be
with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but
also of our lives." {27:11} But the centurion gave more heed to the
master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were
spoken by Paul. {27:12} Because the haven was not suitable to winter
in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they
could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete,
looking northeast and southeast.
{27:13} When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had
obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete,
close to shore. {27:14} But before long, a stormy wind beat down from
shore, which is called [1>]Euroclydon.[<1] {27:15} When the ship was
caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven
along. {27:16} Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda,
we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat. {27:17} After they
had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship.
Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they
lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along. {27:18} As we
labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw
things overboard. {27:19} On the third day, they threw out the ship's
tackle with their own hands. {27:20} When neither sun nor stars shone
on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that
we would be saved was now taken away.
{27:21} When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the
middle of them, and said, "Sirs, you should have listened to me, and
not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.
{27:22} Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of
life among you, but only of the ship. {27:23} For there stood by me
this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
{27:24} saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar.
Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.' {27:25}
Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as
it has been spoken to me. {27:26} But we must run aground on a certain
island."
{27:27} But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven
back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors
surmised that they were drawing near to some land. {27:28} They took
soundings, and found [2>]twenty fathoms.[<2] After a little while,
they took soundings again, and found [3>]fifteen fathoms.[<3] {27:29}
Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four
anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight. {27:30} As the
sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat
into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,
{27:31} Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these
stay in the ship, you can't be saved." {27:32} Then the soldiers cut
away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.
{27:33} While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take
some food, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and
continue fasting, having taken nothing. {27:34} Therefore I beg you to
take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will
perish from any of your heads." {27:35} When he had said this, and had
taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he
broke it, and began to eat. {27:36} Then they all cheered up, and they
also took food. {27:37} In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls
on the ship. {27:38} When they had eaten enough, they lightened the
ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea. {27:39} When it was day,
they didn't recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a
beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it. {27:40}
Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time
untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they
made for the beach. {27:41} But coming to a place where two seas met,
they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable,
but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
{27:42} The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that
none of them would swim out and escape. {27:43} But the centurion,
desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded
that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to
go toward the land; {27:44} and the rest should follow, some on
planks, and some on other things from the ship. So it happened that
they all escaped safely to the land.
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Footnotes:
[1] {27:14} Or, "a northeaster."
[2] {27:28} 20 fathoms = 120 feet = 36.6 meters
[3] {27:28} 15 fathoms = 90 feet = 27.4 meters
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