Acts, Chapter 27
{27:1} When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they
delivered Sha'ul 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 Tzidon. Julius treated Sha'ul
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 was spent, and the voyage was now dangerous, because the
Fast had now already gone by, Sha'ul 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 Sha'ul.
{27:12} Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority
advised to put 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 after no long time there beat down from it
a tempestuous wind, which is called Euroclydon. {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}
When 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. {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 tempest pressed on us, all hope that we
should be saved was now taken away.
{27:21} When they had been long without food, Sha'ul stood up in the
midst 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, Sha'ul. 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 was 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 twenty fathoms. After a little while,
they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms. {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}
Sha'ul 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 her fall off. {27:33} While the day was
coming on, Sha'ul 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 there will not a hair perish from the head of any
of you." {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 were they all of good cheer, and they also took
food. {27:37} We were in all in the ship two hundred seventy-six
souls. {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 Sha'ul, stopped them from their purpose, and
commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard
first to go to the land; {27:44} and the rest, 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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