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1 When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they
transferred Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named
Julius of the Augustan military cohort.
2 Embarking in a ship from Adramyttium, which was about to
sail to the places on the coast of the province of Asia,
we put out to sea with Aristarchus, a Macedonian from
Thessalonica with us.
3 The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul
kindly, allowing him to go to his friends who took care
of him.

4 Putting out to sea from there, we sailed on the sheltered
north side of Cyprus, because the winds were against us.
5 After we had sailed across the open sea which is off the
coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing
for Italy; and he put us on board.
7 We sailed slowly for many days, and arrived with difficulty
off Cnidus; as the wind would not permit us to proceed,
we sailed under the sheltered southern side of Crete,
off Salmone.
8 Sailing past it with difficulty we came to a place called
Fair Havens; that was near the city of Lasea.

9 Since substantial time had been lost, and the voyage was
now dangerous, because it was now after the Day of
Atonement fast, Paul warned them,
10 "Men, I can see that the voyage will be with injury and
much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also
of our lives."
11 But the centurion was more convinced by the master and
the owner of the ship, than by what Paul said.
12 Because the harbor was not a suitable place to winter,
the majority decided to put out by sea from there. They
were hoping they could reach Phoenix, and winter there.
It is a harbor of Crete which faces northwest and
southwest.
13 When a gentle south wind blew, they thought they could
reach their objective, so they weighed anchor and sailed
along close to the southern shore of Crete.

14 But not long after, a hurricane force wind called a
'northeaster' blew off the island.
15 When the ship was caught in it and could not head into
the gale, we gave way to it, and were driven along.
16 Running under the sheltered side of a small island called
Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the trailing
lifeboat.
17 When they had hoisted it up, they used ropes to hold the
whole ship together; fearing they would be run aground
on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the anchor,
and so were driven along.
18 The next day we were battered by the gale; they began
to throw the cargo overboard.
19 The third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with
their own hands.
20 When neither sun or stars had appeared for many days and
the intense storm raged unabated, we at last abandoned all
hope of being saved.

21 When they had been a long time without food, Paul stood up
among them, and said, "Men, you should have listened to me,
and not have set sail from Crete, and avoided this damage
and loss.
22 Now I urge you to keep up your courage, for there will
be no loss of life among you, but only the ship.
23 For last night an angel from God to whom I belong and
whom I serve, stood by me,
24 saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul; you must stand before
Caesar, indeed God has granted safety to you and all those
who are sailing with you.'
25 Therefore, men, keep up your courage, for I trust God,
that it will turn out just as I have been told.
26 But we must run aground on some island."

27 But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven
to and fro in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the
sailors suspected that they were drawing near to land.
28 They took soundings, and found it 120 feet deep; and
after going a little farther, they sounded again, and
found it 90 feet deep.
29 Fearing that we might run aground on a rocky coast,
they let down four anchors from the stern, and prayed
for daybreak.
30 Then as the sailors were attempting to abandon ship,
having lowered the lifeboat into the sea, pretending
they were going to put out anchors from the bow of
the ship,
31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless
these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved."
32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat, and let
it drift off.

33 Just as the day was dawning, Paul urged them all to
eat some food, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day
you have been in suspense and have gone without food,
having eaten nothing.
34 Therefore I urge you to eat some food for this is
for your survival, for none of you will lose a hair
of your head."
35 After he said this he took bread, gave thanks to
God in the presence of all of them, and broke it
and began to eat.
36 Then they were all encouraged and took food themselves.
37 There were 276 of us in all on the ship.
38 When they had eaten enough, they lightened the
ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.

39 When dawn broke, they did not recognize the land,
but they noticed a bay with a beach. They decided
to see if they could drive the ship ashore there.
40 So they cast off the anchors and left them in
the sea, at the same time loosed the ropes of the
rudders, and hoisted the mainsail to the wind,
as they made for the beach.
41 But they hit a reef where the crosscurrents met.
They ran the vessel aground and the bow stuck
and remained unmovable, but the stern began to
break up from the force of the waves.
42 The soldiers' advice was to kill the prisoners,
so that none of them would swim away and escape.
43 But the centurion, desiring to save Paul,
stopped them from executing their plan; and commanded
that those who could swim should jump overboard
first and get to land.
44 The rest were to follow on planks, and other pieces
of the ship. This is how they all escaped safely to
the land.

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