27Acts 27

1And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others, prisoners, to a centurion, by name Julius, of the band of Sebastus,Select Acts 27:1

2and having embarked in a ship of Adramyttium, we, being about to sail by the coasts of Asia, did set sail, there being with us Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica,Select Acts 27:2

3on the next day also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, did permit him , having gone on unto friends, to receive their care.Select Acts 27:3

4And thence, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary,Select Acts 27:4

5and having sailed over the sea over-against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,Select Acts 27:5

6and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, did put us into it,Select Acts 27:6

7and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone,Select Acts 27:7

8and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called `Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city of Lasaea.Select Acts 27:8

9And much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous--because of the fast also being already past--Paul was admonishing,Select Acts 27:9

10saying to them, `Men, I perceive that with hurt, and much damage, not only of the lading and of the ship, but also of our lives--the voyage is about to be;'Select Acts 27:10

11but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul;Select Acts 27:11

12and the haven being incommodious to winter in, the more part gave counsel to sail thence also, if by any means they might be able, having attained to Phenice, there to winter, which is a haven of Crete, looking to the south-west and north-west,Select Acts 27:12

13and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained their purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,Select Acts 27:13

14and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,Select Acts 27:14

15and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given her up, we were borne on,Select Acts 27:15

16and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,Select Acts 27:16

17which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast--so were borne on.Select Acts 27:17

18And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding day they were making a clearing,Select Acts 27:18

19and on the third day with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,Select Acts 27:19

20and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.Select Acts 27:20

21And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, `It behoved you , indeed, O men--having hearkened to me--not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;Select Acts 27:21

22and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you--but of the ship;Select Acts 27:22

23for there stood by me this night a messenger of God--whose I am, and whom I serve--Select Acts 27:23

24saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;Select Acts 27:24

25wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me,Select Acts 27:25

26and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'Select Acts 27:26

27And when the fourteenth night came--we being borne up and down in the Adria--toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;Select Acts 27:27

28and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,Select Acts 27:28

29and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.Select Acts 27:29

30And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as if out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,Select Acts 27:30

31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, `If these do not remain in the ship--ye are not able to be saved;'Select Acts 27:31

32then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.Select Acts 27:32

33And till the day was about to be, Paul was calling upon all to partake of nourishment, saying, `Fourteen days to-day, waiting, ye continue fasting, having taken nothing,Select Acts 27:33

34wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'Select Acts 27:34

35and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken it , he began to eat;Select Acts 27:35

36and all having become of good cheer, themselves also took food,Select Acts 27:36

37(and we were--all the souls in the ship--two hundred, seventy and six),Select Acts 27:37

38and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.Select Acts 27:38

39And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain creek were perceiving having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship,Select Acts 27:39

40and the anchors having taken up, they were committing it to the sea, at the same time--having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the wind--they were making for the shore,Select Acts 27:40

41and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the fore-part, indeed, having stuck fast, did remain immoveable, but the hinder-part was broken by the violence of the waves.Select Acts 27:41

42And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,Select Acts 27:42

43but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first--to get unto the land,Select Acts 27:43

44and the rest, some indeed upon boards, and some upon certain things of the ship; and thus it came to pass that all came safe unto the land.Select Acts 27:44