Acts:27:9-28

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* By this time the season was far advanced , and sailing had become dangerous (for the Autumn Fast was past ); so Paul began to warn them . * "Sirs ," he said to them , "I perceive that the voyage will be attended with injury and serious loss , not only to the cargo and to the ship , but also to our own lives ." * But the centurion paid greater heed to the master and to the owner than to anything that was spoken by Paul ; * and as the harbor was ill adapted for winter quarters , the majority advised putting out to sea from thence , to see whether they could get to Phoenix and winter there , a harbor on the coast of Crete facing northeast and southeast . * And when the south wind blew softly , supposing that they had obtained their purpose , they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete , close in shore . * But it was not long before a furious wind , called Euroclydon , rushed down from the island ; * when the ship was caught and could not face the wind , we gave way to it , and let her drive . * Then we ran under the lee of a little island named Claudia , where with great difficulty we were able to secure the ships boat . * After hauling it aboard , they used ropes to undergird the ship , and since they were fearful lest they should be driven upon the Syrtes , they lowered the gear and lay to . * And as we were being terribly battered by the storm , the next day they began to throw the freight overboard , * and on the third day with their own hands they threw the ships tackling overboard . * Then when for many days neither sun nor stars were seen , and a great tempest still beat upon us , all hope that we should be saved was now taken away from us . * When for a long time they had been without food , Paul stood among them and said . "Men , you ought to have listened to me , and not have set sail from Crete , and so have spared yourselves this injury and loss . * "But now take courage . There will be no loss of life among you , but only of the ship , * "for last night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve , stood by me and said . * "Fear not , Paul ; you must stand before Caesar . Behold , God has granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you . * "So take courage , men ! I believe God , I believe that things will turn out exactly as it has been told me . * "But we must be cast upon a certain island ." * It was now the fourteenth night , and we were drifting through the Adriatic Sea when , about midnight , the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near to some land . * So they sounded and found twenty fathoms ; and after a little they sounded again , and found fifteen fathoms .

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