mnt - Acts:27:9-28

mnt@Acts:27:9 @ 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.

mnt@Acts:27:10 @ "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."

mnt@Acts:27:11 @ But the centurion paid greater heed to the master and to the owner than to anything that was spoken by Paul;

mnt@Acts:27:12 @ 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.

mnt@Acts:27:13 @ And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore.

mnt@Acts:27:14 @ But it was not long before a furious wind, called Euroclydon, rushed down from the island;

mnt@Acts:27:15 @ when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and let her drive.

mnt@Acts:27:16 @ Then we ran under the lee of a little island named Claudia, where with great difficulty we were able to secure the ships boat.

mnt@Acts:27:17 @ 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.

mnt@Acts:27:18 @ And as we were being terribly battered by the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard,

mnt@Acts:27:19 @ and on the third day with their own hands they threw the ships tackling overboard.

mnt@Acts:27:20 @ 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.

mnt@Acts:27:21 @ 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.

mnt@Acts:27:22 @ "But now take courage. There will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship,

mnt@Acts:27:23 @ "for last night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me and said.

mnt@Acts:27:24 @ "Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you.

mnt@Acts:27:25 @ "So take courage, men! I believe God, I believe that things will turn out exactly as it has been told me.

mnt@Acts:27:26 @ "But we must be cast upon a certain island."

mnt@Acts:27:27 @ 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.

mnt@Acts:27:28 @ So they sounded and found twenty fathoms; and after a little they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.