Acts:27:9-28

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* And when much time was spent , and when sailing now was dangerous , because the fast was now past , Paul comforted them , * Saying to them : Ye men , I see that the voyage beginneth to be with injury and much damage , not only of the lading and ship , but also of our lives . * But the centurion believed the pilot and the master of the ship , more than those things which were said by Paul . * And whereas it was not a commodious haven to winter in , the greatest part gave counsel to sail thence , if by any means they might reach Phenice to winter there , which is a haven of Crete , looking towards the southwest and northwest . * And the south wind gently blowing , thinking that they had obtained their purpose , when they had loosed from Asson , they sailed close by Crete . * But not long after , there arose against it a tempestuous wind , called Euroaquilo . * And when the ship was caught , and could not bear up against the wind , giving up the ship to the winds , we were driven . * And running under a certain island , that is called Cauda , we had much work to come by the boat . * Which being taken up , they used helps , undergirding the ship , and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands , they let down the sail yard , and so were driven . * And we being mightily tossed with the tempest , the next day they lightened the ship . * And the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship . * And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days , and no small storm lay on us , all hope of our being saved was now taken away . * And after they had fasted a long time , Paul standing forth in the midst of them , said : You should indeed , O ye men , have hearkened unto me , and not have loosed from Crete , and have gained this harm and loss . * And now I exhort you to be of good cheer . For there shall be no loss of any man 's life among you , but only of the ship . * For an angel of God , whose I am , and whom I serve , stood by me this night , * Saying : Fear not , Paul , thou must be brought before Caesar ; and behold , God hath given thee all them that sail with thee . * Wherefore , sirs , be of good cheer ; for I believe God that it shall so be , as it hath been told me . * And we must come unto a certain island . * But after the fourteenth night was come , as we were sailing in Adria , about midnight , the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country . * Who also sounding , found twenty fathoms ; and going on a little further , they found fifteen fathoms .

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