Acts:27:9-28

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* As much time had been lost , and the voyage was already dangerous because the fast had already gone by , Paul advised them , * saying , "Sirs , I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss , not only of the cargo and the ship , but also of our lives ." * But the centurion paid more attention to the captain and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said . * And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in , the majority advised to put to sea from there , on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix , a harbor of Crete , looking northeast and southeast , and winter there . * And when the south wind blew gently , supposing that they had obtained their purpose , they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete , close inshore . * But soon a tempestuous wind , called the northeaster , struck down from the land ; * and when the ship was caught and could not face the wind , we gave way to it and were driven . * And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda , we managed with difficulty to secure the boat ; * after hoisting it up , they took measures to undergird the ship ; then , fearing that they should run on the Syr 'tis , they lowered the gear , and so were driven . * As we were violently storm-tossed , they began next day to throw the cargo overboard ; * and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackle of the ship . * And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many a day , and no small tempest lay on us , all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned . * As they had been long without food , Paul then came forward among them and said , "Men , you should have listened to me , and should not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss . * I now bid you take heart ; for there will be no loss of life among you , but only of the ship . * For this very night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship , * and he said , `Do not be afraid , Paul ; you must stand before Caesar ; and lo , God has granted you all those who sail with you .' * So take heart , men , for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told . * But we shall have to run on some island ." * When the fourteenth night had come , as we were drifting across the sea of A 'dria , about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land . * So they sounded and found twenty fathoms ; a little farther on they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms .

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