Acts 27
Paul Sails for
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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.
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And entering into a ship of
Adramyt'ti-um, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristar'chus, a Macedo'nian of Thessaloni'ca, being with
us.
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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.
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And when we had launched from thence, we
sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
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And when we had sailed over the sea of
Cili'cia and Pamphyl'i-a, we came to Myra, a city of
Ly'ci-a.
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And there the centurion found a ship of
Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
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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 Salmo'ne;
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and, hardly passing it, came unto a place
which is called the Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lase'a.
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Now when much time was spent, and when
sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past,
Paul admonished them,
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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.
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Nevertheless the centurion believed the
master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were
spoken by Paul.
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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 Phoenix, and there to winter; which is a haven of Crete, and lieth toward the southwest and
northwest.
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The Storm at
Sea |
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And when the south wind blew softly,
supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
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But not long after there arose against it
a tempestuous wind, called Euroc'lydon.
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And when the ship was caught, and could
not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
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And running under a certain island which
is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
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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.
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And we being exceedingly tossed with a
tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
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and the third day we cast out with
our own hands the tackling of the ship.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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For there stood by me this night the
angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
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saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be
brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that
sail with thee.
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Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I
believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
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Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain
island.
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But when the fourteenth night was come,
as we were driven up and down in A'dria, about midnight the shipmen
deemed that they drew near to some country;
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and sounded, and found it twenty
fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded
again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
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Then fearing lest we should have fallen
upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for
the day.
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And as the shipmen were about to flee out
of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under
color as though they would have cast anchors out of the
foreship,
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Paul said to the centurion and to the
soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be
saved.
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Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of
the boat, and let her fall off.
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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.
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Wherefore I pray you to take some meat; for this is for your health: for there shall not a hair fall
from the head of any of you.
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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.
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Then were they all of good cheer, and
they also took some meat.
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And we were in all in the ship two
hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
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And when they had eaten enough, they
lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
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The
Shipwreck |
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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.
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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.
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And falling into a place where two seas
met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and
remained unmovable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence
of the waves.
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And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the
prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
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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:
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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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