Acts:27

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bbe @Acts:27:1 @And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy , they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius , of the Augustan band . bbe @Acts:27:2 @And we went to sea in a ship of Adramyttium which was sailing to the sea towns of Asia , Aristarchus , a Macedonian of Thessalonica , being with us . bbe @Acts:27:3 @And on the day after , we came to Sidon ; and Julius was kind to Paul , and let him go to see his friends and take a rest . bbe @Acts:27:4 @And sailing again from there , we went on under cover of Cyprus , because the wind was against us . bbe @Acts:27:5 @And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra , in Lycia . bbe @Acts:27:6 @And there the captain came across a ship of Alexandria , sailing for Italy , and put us in it . bbe @Acts:27:7 @And when we had gone on slowly for a long time , and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus , for the wind was against us , we went under cover of Crete , in the direction of Salmone ; bbe @Acts:27:8 @And sailing down the side of it , as well as we were able , we came to a certain place named Fair Havens , near which was the town of Lasea . bbe @Acts:27:9 @And as a long time had gone by , and the journey was now full of danger , because it was late in the year , Paul put the position before them , bbe @Acts:27:10 @Saying , Friends , I see that this journey will be one of great damage and loss , not only to the goods and the ship , but to ourselves . bbe @Acts:27:11 @But the captain gave more attention to the master and the owner of the ship than to what Paul said . bbe @Acts:27:12 @And as the harbour was not a good one in which to be for the winter , the greater number of them were for going out to sea , in order , if possible , to put in for the winter at Phoenix , a harbour of Crete , looking to the north-east and south-east . bbe @Acts:27:13 @And when the south wind came softly , being of the opinion that their purpose might be effected , they let the ship go and went sailing down the side of Crete , very near to the land bbe @Acts:27:14 @But after a little time , a very violent wind , named Euraquilo , came down from it with great force . bbe @Acts:27:15 @And when the ship got into the grip of it , and was not able to make headway into the wind , we gave way , and went before it . bbe @Acts:27:16 @And , sailing near the side of a small island named Cauda , we were able , though it was hard work , to make the ship 's boat safe : bbe @Acts:27:17 @And having got it up , they put cords under and round the ship ; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis , they let down the sails and so went running before the wind . bbe @Acts:27:18 @And , still fighting the storm with all our strength , the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship ; bbe @Acts:27:19 @And on the third day , they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side . bbe @Acts:27:20 @And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time , and a great storm was on us , all hope of salvation was gone . bbe @Acts:27:21 @And when they had been without food for a long time , Paul got up among them and said , Friends , it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete , to undergo this damage and loss . bbe @Acts:27:22 @But now , I say to you , be of good heart , for there will be no loss of life , but only of the ship . bbe @Acts:27:23 @For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am , bbe @Acts:27:24 @Saying , Have no fear , Paul , for you will come before Caesar , and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you . bbe @Acts:27:25 @And so , O men , be of good heart , for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me . bbe @Acts:27:26 @But we will be sent on to a certain island . bbe @Acts:27:27 @But when the fourteenth day came , while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea , about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land ; bbe @Acts:27:28 @And they let down the lead , and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep ; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet . bbe @Acts:27:29 @Then , fearing that by chance we might come on to the rocks , they let down four hooks from the back of the ship , and made prayers for the coming of day . bbe @Acts:27:30 @Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship , letting down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ship ; bbe @Acts:27:31 @But Paul said to the captain and his men , If you do not keep these men in the ship , you will not be safe . bbe @Acts:27:32 @Then the armed men , cutting the cords of the boat , let her go . bbe @Acts:27:33 @And when dawn was near , Paul gave them all orders to take food , saying , This is the fourteenth day you have been waiting and taking no food . bbe @Acts:27:34 @So I make request to you to take food ; for this is for your salvation : not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction . bbe @Acts:27:35 @And when he had said this and had taken bread , he gave praise to God before them all , and took a meal of the broken bread . bbe @Acts:27:36 @Then they all took heart and did the same . bbe @Acts:27:37 @And we were , in the ship , two hundred and seventy-six persons . bbe @Acts:27:38 @And when they had had enough food , they made the weight of the ship less , turning the grain out into the sea . bbe @Acts:27:39 @And when it was day , they had no knowledge of the land , but they saw an inlet of the sea with a floor of sand , and they had the idea of driving the ship up on to it if possible . bbe @Acts:27:40 @So cutting away the hooks , and letting them go into the sea , and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades , and lifting up the sail to the wind , they went in the direction of the inlet . bbe @Acts:27:41 @And coming to a point between two seas , they got the ship to land ; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved , but the back part was broken by the force of the waves . bbe @Acts:27:42 @Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death , so that no one would get away by swimming . bbe @Acts:27:43 @But the captain , desiring to keep Paul safe , kept them from their purpose , and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land : bbe @Acts:27:44 @And the rest , some on boards and some on things from the ship . And so it came about that they all got safe to land .

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