27NOW WHEN it was determined that we [including Luke] should sail for Italy, they turned Paul and some other prisoners over to a centurion of the imperial regiment named Julius.G1161G5613G2919G2248G636G1519G2482G3860G5037G3972G2532G5100G2087G1202G3686G2457G1543G4575G46862And going aboard a ship from Adramyttium which was about to sail for the ports along the coast of [the province of] Asia, we put out to sea; and Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, accompanied us.G1161G1910G4143G98G321G3195G4126G2596G5117G773G708G3110G2331G5607G4862G22543The following day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul in a loving way, with much consideration (kindness and care), permitting him to go to his friends [there] and be refreshed {and} be cared for.G5037G2087G2609G1519G4605G5037G2457G5364G5530G3972G2010G4198G4314G5384G5177G19584After putting to sea from there we passed to the leeward (south side) of Cyprus [for protection], for the winds were contrary to us.G2547G321G2547G5284G2954G1223G417G1511G17275And when we had sailed over [the whole length] of sea which lies off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia.G5037G1277G3989G2596G2791G2532G3828G2718G1519G3460G30736There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and he transferred us to it.G2546G1543G2147G4143G222G4126G1519G2482G1688G2248G1519G8467For a number of days we made slow progress and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus; then, as the wind did not permit us to proceed, we went under the lee (shelter) of Crete off Salmone,G1161G1020G1722G2425G2250G2532G3433G1096G2596G2834G417G3361G4330G2248G5284G2914G2596G45348And coasting along it with difficulty, we arrived at a place called Fair Havens, near which is located the town of Lasea.G5037G3433G3881G846G2064G1519G5100G5117G2564G2570G2568G3040G1451G3739G2258G4172G29969But as [the season was well advanced, for] much time had been lost and navigation was already dangerous, for the time for the Fast [the Day of Atonement, about the beginning of October] had already gone by, Paul warned {and} advised them,G1161G2425G5550G1230G2532G4144G5607G2235G2000G1223G3521G3928G2532G2235G3928G3972G386710Saying, Sirs, I perceive [after careful observation] that this voyage will be attended with disaster and much heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship but of our lives also.G3004G846G435G2334G3754G4144G3195G1510G3326G5196G2532G4183G2209G3756G3440G5414G2532G4143G235G2532G2257G559011However, the centurion paid greater attention to the pilot and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.G1161G1543G3982G2942G2532G3490G3123G2228G3004G5259G397212And as the harbor was not well situated {and} so unsuitable to winter in, the majority favored the plan of putting to sea again from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenice, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and winter there.G1161G5225G3040G5225G428G4314G3915G4119G1012G5087G321G2547G1513G4458G1410G2658G1519G5405G3914G3040G2914G991G2596G3047G2532G2596G556613So when the south wind blew softly, supposing they were gaining their object, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, hugging the coast.G1161G3558G5285G1380G2902G4286G142G3881G788G291414But soon afterward a violent wind [of the character of a typhoon], called a northeaster, came bursting down from the island.G1161G3756G4183G3326G906G2596G846G5189G417G2564G214815And when the ship was caught and was unable to head against the wind, we gave up and, letting her drift, were borne along.G1161G4143G4884G2532G1410G3361G503G417G1929G534216We ran under the shelter of a small island called Cauda, where we managed with [much] difficulty to draw the [ship's small] boat on deck {and} secure it.G1161G5295G5100G3519G2564G2802G2480G3433G2480G4031G1096G462717After hoisting it on board, they used supports with ropes to undergird {and} brace the ship; then afraid that they would be driven into the Syrtis [quicksands off the north coast of Africa], they lowered the gear (sails and ropes) and so were driven along.G3739G142G5530G996G5269G4143G5037G5399G3361G1601G1519G4950G5465G4632G3779G534218As we were being dangerously tossed about by the violence of the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard;G1161G2257G4971G5492G1836G1546G416019And the third day they threw out with their own hands the ship's equipment (the tackle and the furniture).G2532G5154G4496G849G4631G414320And when neither sun nor stars were visible for many days and no small tempest kept raging about us, all hope of our being saved was finally abandoned.G1161G3383G2246G3383G798G1909G4119G2250G2014G5037G3756G3641G5494G1945G3956G1680G2248G4982G4014G3063G401421Then as they had eaten nothing for a long time, Paul came forward into their midst and said, Men, you should have listened to me, and should not have put to sea from Crete and brought on this disaster and harm {and} misery {and} loss.G1161G5225G4183G776G5119G3972G2476G1722G3319G846G2036G5599G435G1163G3303G3980G3427G3361G321G575G2914G5037G2770G5026G5196G2532G220922But [even] now I beg you to be in good spirits {and} take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you but only of the ship.G2532G3569G3867G5209G2114G1063G2071G3762G580G5590G1537G5216G4133G414323For this [very] night there stood by my side an angel of the God to Whom I belong and Whom I serve {and} worship,G1063G3936G3427G5026G3571G32G2316G3739G1510G2532G3739G300024And he said, Do not be frightened, Paul! It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and behold, God has given you all those who are sailing with you.G3004G5399G3361G3972G4571G1163G3936G2541G2532G2400G2316G5483G4671G3956G4126G3326G467525So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith (complete confidence) in God that it will be exactly as it was told me;G1352G435G2114G1063G4100G2316G3754G3779G2071G2596G3739G5158G2980G342726But we shall have to be stranded on some island.G1161G2248G1163G1601G1519G5100G352027The fourteenth night had come and we were drifting {and} being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near to some land.G1161G5613G5065G3571G1096G2257G1308G1722G99G2596G3319G3571G3492G5282G846G4317G5100G556128So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms, and a little farther on they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms.G2532G1001G2147G1501G3712G1161G1339G1024G1001G3825G2532G2147G1178G371229Then fearing that we might fall off [our course] onto rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and kept wishing for daybreak to come.G5037G5399G3381G4458G1601G1601G1519G5117G5138G4496G5064G45G1537G4403G2172G1096G225030And as the sailors were trying to escape [secretly] from the ship and were lowering the small boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow,G1161G3492G2212G5343G1537G4143G2532G5465G4627G1519G2281G4392G5613G3195G1614G45G1537G440831Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these men remain in the ship, you cannot be saved.G3972G2036G1543G2532G4757G3362G3778G3306G1722G4143G5210G3756G1410G498232Then the soldiers cut away the ropes that held the small boat, and let it fall {and} drift away.G5119G4757G609G4979G4627G2532G1439G846G160133While they waited until it should become day, Paul entreated them all to take some food, saying, This is the fourteenth day that you have been continually in suspense {and} on the alert without food, having eaten nothing.G1161G891G3739G2250G1096G3195G3972G3870G537G3335G5160G3004G4594G5065G2250G4328G1300G777G4355G336734So I urge (warn, exhort, encourage, advise) you to take some food [for your safety]--it will give you strength; for not a hair is to perish from the head of any one of you.G1352G3870G5209G4355G5160G1063G5124G5225G4314G5212G4991G1063G4098G3762G2359G4098G1537G2776G3762G521635Having said these words, he took bread and, giving thanks to God before them all, he broke it and began to eat.G1161G5023G2036G2532G2983G740G2168G2316G1799G3956G2532G2806G756G206836Then they all became more cheerful {and} were encouraged and took food themselves.G1161G1096G846G1096G3956G2115G4355G2532G4355G516037All told there were 276 souls of us in the ship.G1161G2258G3956G1722G4143G1250G1440G1803G559038And after they had eaten sufficiently, [they proceeded] to lighten the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.G1161G5160G2880G2893G4143G1544G4621G1519G228139Now when it was day [and they saw the land], they did not recognize it, but they noticed a bay with a beach on which they [taking counsel] purposed to run the ship ashore if they possibly could.G1161G3753G1096G2250G1921G3756G1093G1161G2657G5100G2859G2192G123G1519G3739G1011G1487G1410G1856G414340So they cut the cables {and} severed the anchors and left them in the sea; at the same time unlashing the ropes that held the rudders and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they headed for the beach.G2532G4014G45G1439G1519G2281G260G447G4079G2202G2532G1869G736G4154G2722G1519G12341But striking a crosscurrent (a place open to two seas) they ran the ship aground. The prow stuck fast and remained immovable, and the stern began to break up under the violent force of the waves.G1161G4045G1519G5117G1337G2027G3491G2027G2532G4408G3303G2043G3306G761G1161G4403G3089G5259G970G294942It was the counsel of the soldiers to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim to land and escape;G1161G4757G1012G1096G2443G615G1202G3361G5100G1579G130943But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, prevented their carrying out their purpose. He commanded those who could swim to throw themselves overboard first and make for the shore,G1161G1543G1014G1295G3972G2967G846G1013G5037G2753G1410G2860G641G4413G1826G1909G109344And the rest on heavy boards or pieces of the vessel. And so it was that all escaped safely to land.G2532G3062G3739G3303G1909G4548G1161G3739G1909G575G4143G5100G2532G3779G1096G1295G3956G1295G1909G1093
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