Acts 27

1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' company.

2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.

3 And the next day we landed at Sidon. And Julius was very kind to Paul and gave him liberty to go to his friends to provide for his needs.

4 And when we had launched from there, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

5 And when we sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us on board.

7 And when we sailed slowly for many days, and with great difficulty we arrived at Cnidus, the wind was against us, we sailed under Crete, off Salmone;

8 And, hardly passing it, came to a place which is called The fair havens; which was near the city of Lasea.

9 By now, much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous, because it was after the Fast Paul began to advise them,

10 And said to them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will end with loss and much damage, not only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives.

11 Nevertheless, the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

12 And because the harbor was unsuitable to sail in winter, the majority decided to depart there also, if by any means they might get to Phenice, and stay there for winter; which is a harbor of Crete, and lies toward the southwest and northwest.

13 And when the south wind blew softly, they thought that they had achieved their purpose, loosing there, they sailed close by Crete.

14 But not long after, there arose against it a turbulent wind, called Euroclydon.

15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we with much difficulty, were able to gain control of the lifeboat:

17 When they had taken up, they began undergirding the ship; and fearing that they would run into the sandbars, lowered the sail, and so were driven.

18 And we, being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they (reduced the load to) lightened the ship;

19 And the third day, we threw out with our own hands the tackle of the ship.

20 And when neither sun nor stars appeared in many days, and no small storm came on us, all hope that we should be saved was lost.

21 But after long abstinence, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not sailed from Crete, and you would have avoided this injury and loss.

22 But now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but only the ship.

23 For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, and whom I serve,

24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and see, God has given you favor and all those that sail with you (will be spared).

25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: because I believe God, that it shall be just as it had been told me.

26 However, we must land on a certain island.

27 But when the fourteenth night came, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen suspected that they drew near to some country;

28 And sounded and found it one hundred and twenty feet deep: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again and found it ninety feet.

29 Then, fearing that we should have struck on the rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and prayed for the daylight.

30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the lifeboat into the sea, as though pretending they would have cast anchors out of the bow,

31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, you cannot be saved.

32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat and let her fall off.

33 And while the day was coming on, Paul sought them all to eat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued fasting, having eaten nothing.

34 Wherefore, I ask you to take some food: for this is for your health, because not a hair shall fall from the head of any of you.

35 And when he had said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all: and when he had broken it (remembering the Lord’s body which was broken), he began to eat.

36 Then they were all of good cheer, and they also took some food.

37 And we were all in the ship, two hundred seventy-six souls.

38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship's load by casting out (the rest of) the wheat into the sea.

39 And when it was daytime, they did recognize the land: but they discovered a certain bay with a shore, into which they planned to run the ship if it were possible.

40 And when they had cut the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea, and loosed the bands that held the rudders, and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and made their way toward shore.

41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the front end stuck fast, and remained unmovable, but the back end was broken with the violence of the waves.

42 And the soldiers' purpose was to kill the prisoners, for fear that any of them should swim out and escape.

43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul’s life, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that those who could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

44 And the rest, stay on board, and (hang on to) some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass that they all escaped safely to land.