Acts 27 AND when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

ABU⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ AND when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band. ² And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, about to sail along the coasts of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. ³ And on the second day we landed at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul humanely, and permitted him to go to his friends and receive their care. ⁴ And thence having put to sea, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary, ⁵ And having sailed over the sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. ⁶ And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy; and he put us on board of it. ⁷ And sailing slowly many days, and having come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us to put in, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone; ⁸ and coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city Lasa. ⁹ And much time having been spent, and the voyage being now dangerous, because also the fast had already passed by, Paul exhorted them, ¹⁰ saying: Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with violence and much loss, not only of the lading and the ship, but also of our lives. ¹¹ But the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than the things spoken by Paul. ¹² And as the haven was not well situated for wintering, the greater number advised to sail thence also, if by any means they might reach Phoenix, a haven of Crete, looking toward the southwest and northwest, and there winter. ¹³ And a south wind beginning to blow moderately, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor, and coasted along close by Crete. ¹⁴ But not long after, there struck against it a tempestuous wind, called Euracylon. ¹⁵ And the ship being caught, and unable to face the wind, we yielded to it, and were driven along. ¹⁶ And running under a certain small island called Clauda, we were hardly able to come by the boat; ¹⁷ which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast away on the quicksand, they lowered the sail, and so were driven. ¹⁸ And we being violently tempest-tossed, the next day they lightened the ship; ¹⁹ and the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. ²⁰ And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small tempest lying on us, thenceforward all hope that we should be saved was utterly taken away. ²¹ But after much abstinence, then Paul, standing up in the midst of then, said: Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me and not put to sea from Crete, and so have escaped this violence and loss. ²² And now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. ²³ For there stood by me this night an angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, ²⁴ saying: Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar; and, lo, God has given thee all those who sail with thee. ²⁵ Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God, that it will be even so, as it has been told me. ²⁶ But we must be cast away upon a certain island. ²⁷ And when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven onward in the Adriatic sea, about midnight the seamen suspected that they were near to some country; ²⁸ and sounding, they found twenty fathoms; and having gone a little further, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms. ²⁹ Then fearing lest we should fall upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for day. ³⁰ And as the seamen were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had let down the boat into the sea, under color as if they were about to extend anchors out of the foreship, ³¹ Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers: Except these abide in the ship, ye can not be saved. ³² Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off. ³³ And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take food, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that ye have waited, and continued fasting, having taken nothing. ³⁴ Wherefore I pray you to take food; for this is for your safety; for there shall not a hair fall from the head of one of you. ³⁵ And having thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all; and having broken it, he began to eat. ³⁶ Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took food. ³⁷ And we were in all in the ship two hundred and seventy-six souls. ³⁸ And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, casting out the grain into the sea. ³⁹ And when it was day, they knew not the land; but they perceived a certain creek, having a beach, on which they determined, if they were able, to drive the ship ashore. ⁴⁰ And cutting the anchors entirely away, they abandoned them to the sea, at the same time unfastening the bands of the rudders; and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made toward the beach. ⁴¹ And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the prow sticking fast remained immovable, but the stern was broken by the violence of the waves. ⁴² And it was the plan of the soldiers, that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim out, and escape. ⁴³ But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that those who could swim should cast themselves first into the sea and get to land, ⁴⁴ and the rest, some on boards, and others on some of the pieces from the ship. And so it came to pass, that all escaped safe to land.