Acts 27:13-20

BLB(i) 13 Now a south wind having blown gently, having thought to have obtained the purpose, having weighed anchor, they began coasting along very near Crete. 14 But not long after, there came down from it a tempestuous wind called the Northeaster. 15 And the ship having been caught and not being able to face to the wind, having given way, we were driven along. 16 And having run under a certain island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to gain control of the lifeboat, 17 which having taken up, they began using supports, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they should fall into the sandbars of Syrtis, having lowered the gear, thus they were driven along. 18 And we being storm-tossed violently, on the next day they began to make a jettison of cargo, 19 and on the third day they cast away the tackle of the ship with the own hands. 20 And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small tempest lying on us, from then on all hope of our being saved was abandoned.