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A Storm at Sea

27As soon as arrangements were complete for our sailing to Italy, Paul and a few other prisoners were placed under the supervision of a centurion named Julius, a member of an elite guard.G1161G5613G2919G2248G636G1519G2482G3860G5037G3972G2532G5100G2087G1202G3686G2457G1543G4575G4686 2We boarded a ship from Adramyttium that was bound for Ephesus and ports west. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, went with us.G1161G1910G4143G98G321G3195G4126G2596G5117G773G708G3110G2331G5607G4862G2254 3The next day we put in at Sidon. Julius treated Paul most decently—let him get off the ship and enjoy the hospitality of his friends there.G5037G2087G2609G1519G4605G5037G2457G5364G5530G3972G2010G4198G4314G5384G5177G1958 4Out to sea again, we sailed north under the protection of the northeast shore of Cyprus because winds out of the west were against us,G2547G321G2547G5284G2954G1223G417G1511G1727 5and then along the coast westward to the port of Myra.G5037G1277G3989G2596G2791G2532G3828G2718G1519G3460G3073 6There the centurion found an Egyptian ship headed for Italy and transferred us on board.G2546G1543G2147G4143G222G4126G1519G2482G1688G2248G1519G846 7We ran into bad weather and found it impossible to stay on course. After much difficulty, we finally made it to the southern coast of the island of CreteG1161G1020G1722G2425G2250G2532G3433G1096G2596G2834G417G3361G4330G2248G5284G2914G2596G4534 8and docked at Good Harbor (appropriate name!).G5037G3433G3881G846G2064G1519G5100G5117G2564G2570G2568G3040G1451G3739G2258G4172G2996 9By this time we had lost a lot of time. We had passed the autumn equinox, so it would be stormy weather from now on through the winter, too dangerous for sailing. Paul warned,G1161G2425G5550G1230G2532G4144G5607G2235G2000G1223G3521G3928G2532G2235G3928G3972G3867 10"I see only disaster ahead for cargo and ship—to say nothing of our lives!—if we put out to sea now."G3004G846G435G2334G3754G4144G3195G1510G3326G5196G2532G4183G2209G3756G3440G5414G2532G4143G235G2532G2257G5590 11The centurion set Paul's warning aside and let the ship captain and the shipowner talk him into trying for the next harbor.G1161G1543G3982G2942G2532G3490G3123G2228G3004G5259G3972 12But it was not the best harbor for staying the winter. Phoenix, a few miles further on, was more suitable.G1161G5225G3040G5225G428G4314G3915G4119G1012G5087G321G2547G1513G4458G1410G2658G1519G5405G3914G3040G2914G991G2596G3047G2532G2596G5566 13When a gentle southerly breeze came up, they weighed anchor, thinking it would be smooth sailing.G1161G3558G5285G1380G2902G4286G142G3881G788G2914 14But they were no sooner out to sea than a gale-force wind, the infamous nor'easter, struck.G1161G3756G4183G3326G906G2596G846G5189G417G2564G2148 15They lost all control of the ship. It was a cork in the storm.G1161G4143G4884G2532G1410G3361G503G417G1929G5342 16We came under the lee of the small island named Clauda, and managed to get a lifeboat ready and reef the sails.G1161G5295G5100G3519G2564G2802G2480G3433G2480G4031G1096G4627 17But rocky shoals prevented us from getting close. We only managed to avoid them by throwing out drift anchors.G3739G142G5530G996G5269G4143G5037G5399G3361G1601G1519G4950G5465G4632G3779G5342 18Next day, out on the high seas again and badly damaged now by the storm, we dumped the cargo overboard.G1161G2257G4971G5492G1836G1546G4160 19The third day the sailors lightened the ship further by throwing off all the tackle and provisions.G2532G5154G4496G849G4631G4143 20It had been many days since we had seen either sun or stars. Wind and waves were battering us unmercifully, and we lost all hope of rescue.G1161G3383G2246G3383G798G1909G4119G2250G2014G5037G3756G3641G5494G1945G3956G1680G2248G4982G4014G3063G4014 21With our appetite for both food and life long gone, Paul took his place in our midst and said, "Friends, you really should have listened to me back in Crete. We could have avoided all this trouble and trial.G1161G5225G4183G776G5119G3972G2476G1722G3319G846G2036G5599G435G1163G3303G3980G3427G3361G321G575G2914G5037G2770G5026G5196G2532G2209 22But there's no need to dwell on that now. From now on, things are looking up! I can assure you that there'll not be a single drowning among us, although I can't say as much for the ship—the ship itself is doomed.G2532G3569G3867G5209G2114G1063G2071G3762G580G5590G1537G5216G4133G4143 23"Last night God's angel stood at my side, an angel of this God I serve,G1063G3936G3427G5026G3571G32G2316G3739G1510G2532G3739G3000 24saying to me, 'Don't give up, Paul. You're going to stand before Caesar yet—and everyone sailing with you is also going to make it.'G3004G5399G3361G3972G4571G1163G3936G2541G2532G2400G2316G5483G4671G3956G4126G3326G4675 25So, dear friends, take heart. I believe God will do exactly what he told me.G1352G435G2114G1063G4100G2316G3754G3779G2071G2596G3739G5158G2980G3427 26But we're going to shipwreck on some island or other."G1161G2248G1163G1601G1519G5100G3520 27On the fourteenth night, adrift somewhere on the Adriatic Sea, at about midnight the sailors sensed that we were approaching land.G1161G5613G5065G3571G1096G2257G1308G1722G99G2596G3319G3571G3492G5282G846G4317G5100G5561 28Sounding, they measured a depth of one hundred twenty feet, and shortly after that ninety feet.G2532G1001G2147G1501G3712G1161G1339G1024G1001G3825G2532G2147G1178G3712 29Afraid that we were about to run aground, they threw out four anchors and prayed for daylight.G5037G5399G3381G4458G1601G1601G1519G5117G5138G4496G5064G45G1537G4403G2172G1096G2250 30Some of the sailors tried to jump ship. They let down the lifeboat, pretending they were going to set out more anchors from the bow.G1161G3492G2212G5343G1537G4143G2532G5465G4627G1519G2281G4392G5613G3195G1614G45G1537G4408 31Paul saw through their guise and told the centurion and his soldiers, "If these sailors don't stay with the ship, we're all going down."G3972G2036G1543G2532G4757G3362G3778G3306G1722G4143G5210G3756G1410G4982 32So the soldiers cut the lines to the lifeboat and let it drift off.G5119G4757G609G4979G4627G2532G1439G846G1601 33With dawn about to break, Paul called everyone together and proposed breakfast: "This is the fourteenth day we've gone without food. None of us has felt like eating!G1161G891G3739G2250G1096G3195G3972G3870G537G3335G5160G3004G4594G5065G2250G4328G1300G777G4355G3367 34But I urge you to eat something now. You'll need strength for the rescue ahead. You're going to come out of this without even a scratch!"G1352G3870G5209G4355G5160G1063G5124G5225G4314G5212G4991G1063G4098G3762G2359G4098G1537G2776G3762G5216 35He broke the bread, gave thanks to God, passed it around,G1161G5023G2036G2532G2983G740G2168G2316G1799G3956G2532G2806G756G2068 36and they all ate heartily—G1161G1096G846G1096G3956G2115G4355G2532G4355G5160 37two hundred seventy-six of us, all told!G1161G2258G3956G1722G4143G1250G1440G1803G5590 38With the meal finished and everyone full, the ship was further lightened by dumping the grain overboard.G1161G5160G2880G2893G4143G1544G4621G1519G2281 39At daybreak, no one recognized the land—but then they did notice a bay with a nice beach. They decided to try to run the ship up on the beach.G1161G3753G1096G2250G1921G3756G1093G1161G2657G5100G2859G2192G123G1519G3739G1011G1487G1410G1856G4143 40They cut the anchors, loosed the tiller, raised the sail, and ran before the wind toward the beach.G2532G4014G45G1439G1519G2281G260G447G4079G2202G2532G1869G736G4154G2722G1519G123 41But we didn't make it. Still far from shore, we hit a reef and the ship began to break up.G1161G4045G1519G5117G1337G2027G3491G2027G2532G4408G3303G2043G3306G761G1161G4403G3089G5259G970G2949 42The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners so none could escape by swimming,G1161G4757G1012G1096G2443G615G1202G3361G5100G1579G1309 43but the centurion, determined to save Paul, stopped them. He gave orders for anyone who could swim to dive in and go for it,G1161G1543G1014G1295G3972G2967G846G1013G5037G2753G1410G2860G641G4413G1826G1909G1093 44and for the rest to grab a plank. Everyone made it to shore safely.G2532G3062G3739G3303G1909G4548G1161G3739G1909G575G4143G5100G2532G3779G1096G1295G3956G1295G1909G1093


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