Acts 27

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Paul Sails for Rome

¹When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial^a Regiment.

¹Now when our sailing to Italy was determined, they delivered up both Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the cohort of Augustus.

²We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia,^a and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

²And having boarded a ship of Adramyttium being about to sail to the places along Asia, we set sail—Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

³The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

³And the next day we landed at Sidon. And Julius, having treated Paul considerately, allowed him, having gone to his friends, to receive care.

⁴After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

⁴And having set sail from there, we sailed under Cyprus because of the winds being contrary.

⁵And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

⁵And having sailed across the sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra of Lycia.

⁶There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

⁶And there the centurion, having found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy, placed us into it.

⁷After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

⁷And sailing slowly for many days, and with difficulty having arrived off Cnidus, the wind not permitting us, we sailed under Crete off Salmone.

⁸After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

⁸And coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city of Lasea.

⁹By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast.^a So Paul advised them,

⁹Now much time having passed and the voyage being already dangerous because of even the Fast already being over, Paul was admonishing them,

¹⁰“Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”

¹⁰saying to them, “Men, I see that the voyage is about to be with disaster and much loss, not only of the cargo and of the ship, but also of our lives.”

¹¹But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

¹¹But the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and the ship owner rather than by the things spoken by Paul.

¹²Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

¹²And the harbor being unsuitable to winter in, the majority made a decision to set sail from there, if somehow they might be able, having arrived at Phoenix—a harbor of Crete looking toward the southwest and toward the northwest—to winter there.

The Storm at Sea

¹³When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

¹³And a south wind having blown gently, having thought to have obtained their purpose, having weighed anchor, they began coasting along very near Crete.

¹⁴But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.

¹⁴But not long after, there came down from it a tempestuous wind called Euroclydon.

¹⁵Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

¹⁵And the ship having been caught and not being able to face the wind, having given way, we were driven along.

¹⁶Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda,^a we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

¹⁶And having run under a certain island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to gain control of the lifeboat,

¹⁷After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor^a and were driven along.

¹⁷which having taken up, they began using supports, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they might fall into the sandbars of Syrtis, having lowered the gear, thus they were driven along.

¹⁸We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

¹⁸And in our being storm-tossed violently, on the next day they began to make a jettison of cargo,

¹⁹On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

¹⁹and on the third day they cast away the tackle of the ship with their own hands.

²⁰When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

²⁰And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, from then on all hope of our being saved was abandoned.

²¹After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

²¹There being also much time without food, at that time having stood up in their midst, Paul said, “It was necessary indeed, O men, having been obedient to me, not to have set sail from Crete and to have incurred this disaster and loss.

²²But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.

²²And now I exhort you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life from among you—only of the ship.

²³For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me

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

²⁴and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’

²⁴saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted to you all those sailing with you.’

²⁵So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.

²⁵Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be thus, according to the way it has been said to me.

²⁶However, we must run aground on some island.”

²⁶But it is necessary for us to fall upon a certain island.”

The Shipwreck

²⁷On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea.^a About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

²⁷And when the fourteenth night had come of us being driven about in the Adriatic, toward the middle of the night the sailors began sensing some land to be drawing near to them.

²⁸They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep.^a Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.^b

²⁸And having taken soundings, they found twenty fathoms. And having gone a little farther and having taken soundings again, they found fifteen fathoms.

²⁹Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

²⁹And fearing, lest we might fall somewhere on rocky places, having cast four anchors out of the stern, they were praying for day to come.

³⁰Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

³⁰And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship and having let down the lifeboat into the sea under pretense as being about to cast out anchors from the bow,

³¹But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

³¹Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these remain in the ship, you are not able to be saved.”

³²So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

³²Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the lifeboat and allowed it to fall away.

³³Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

³³And until that day was about to come, Paul kept urging all to partake of food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you continue waiting without eating, having taken nothing.

³⁴So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

³⁴Therefore I exhort you to take food, for this is for your preservation; for not one hair of your head will perish.”

³⁵After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

³⁵And having said these things and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all; and having broken it, he began to eat.

³⁶They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

³⁶And all, having been encouraged, also took food themselves.

³⁷In all, there were 276 of us^a on board.

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

³⁸After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

³⁸And having been filled with food, they began to lighten the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.

³⁹When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

³⁹And when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay, having a shore on which they decided to drive the ship if they could.

⁴⁰Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

⁴⁰And having cut away the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time having loosened the ropes of the rudders. And having hoisted the foresail to the blowing wind, they began making for the shore.

⁴¹But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

⁴¹But having fallen into a place between two seas, they ran the vessel aground. And indeed the bow, having stuck fast, remained immovable, and the stern was being broken up by the violence of the waves.

⁴²The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

⁴²Now the plan of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone, having swum away, should escape.

⁴³But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

⁴³But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, hindered them of the plan; and he commanded those being able to swim, having cast themselves off first, to go out on the land,

⁴⁴The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.

⁴⁴and the rest, some indeed on boards and some on things from the ship. And thus it came to pass that all were brought safely to the land.