Aug. 17, 18
Acts 27
Act 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.
Act 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.
Act 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.
Act 27:4 Putting to sea
from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were
contrary.
Act 27:5 When we had
sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to
Myra, a city of Lycia.
Act 27:6 There the
centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us
on board.
Act 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.
Act 27:8 With
difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair
Havens, near the city of Lasea.
Act 27:9 When much time
had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now
already gone by, Paul admonished them,
Act 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."
Act 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.
Act 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.
Act 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.
Act 27:14 But before
long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.
Act 27:15 When the ship
was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were
driven along.
Act 27:16 Running under
the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with
difficulty, to secure the boat.
Act 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.
Act 27:18 As we labored
exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things
overboard.
Act 27:19 On the third
day, they threw out the ship's tackle with their own hands.
Act 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.
Act 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.
Act 27:22 Now I exhort
you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but
only of the ship.
Act 27:23 For there
stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and
whom I serve,
Act 27:24 saying,
'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has
granted you all those who sail with you.'
Act 27:25 Therefore,
sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has
been spoken to me.
Act 27:26 But we must
run aground on a certain island."
Act 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.
Act 27:28 They took
soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took
soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
Act 27:29 Fearing that
we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from
the stern, and wished for daylight.
Act 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,
Act 27:31 Paul said to
the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these stay in the
ship, you can't be saved."
Act 27:32 Then the
soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.
Act 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.
Act 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."
Act 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.
Act 27:36 Then they all
cheered up, and they also took food.
Act 27:37 In all, we
were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.
Act 27:38 When they had
eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into
the sea.
Act 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.
Act 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.
Act 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.
Act 27:42 The soldiers'
counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim
out and escape.
Act 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;
Act 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.