1 When it was decided that A[we] Acts 16:10; 27:1-28we BActs 25:12, 25would sail for CActs 18:2; 27:6Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan 1Or battalionDActs 10:1cohort named Julius. 2 And embarking in an Adramyttian ship, which was about to sail to the regions along the coast of 1I.e. west coast province of Asia MinorAActs 2:9Asia, we put out to sea accompanied by BActs 19:29Aristarchus, a CActs 16:9Macedonian of DActs 17:1Thessalonica. 3 The next day we put in at AMatt 11:21Sidon; and Julius BActs 27:43treated Paul with consideration and CActs 24:23allowed him to go to his friends and receive care. 4 From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of AActs 4:36Cyprus because BActs 27:7the winds were contrary. 5 When we had sailed through the sea along the coast of AActs 6:9Cilicia and BActs 13:13Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. 6 There the centurion found an AActs 28:11Alexandrian ship sailing for BActs 18:2; 27:1Italy, and he put us aboard it. 7 When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, AActs 27:4since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of BActs 2:11; 27:12f, 21; Titus 1:5, 12Crete, off Salmone; 8 and with difficulty AActs 27:13sailing past it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

9 When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even ALev 16:29-31; 23:27-29; Num 29:7the 1I.e. Day of Atonement in September or October, which was a dangerous time of year for navigationfast was already over, Paul began to admonish them, 10 and said to them, “Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with AActs 27:21damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.” 11 But the centurion was more persuaded by the ARev 18:17pilot and the 1Or ownercaptain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. 12 Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of AActs 2:11; 27:13, 21; Titus 1:5, 12Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

13 1Lit a south wind having gently blownWhen a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began AActs 27:8sailing along BActs 2:11; 27:12f, 21; Titus 1:5, 12Crete, close inshore.

14 But before very long there AMark 4:37rushed down from 1Lit itthe land a violent wind, called 2I.e. a northeasterEuraquilo; 15 and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be driven along. 16 Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship’s 1Or skiff: a small boat in tow or carried on board for emergency use, transportation to and from shore, etc.boat under control. 17 After they had hoisted it up, they used 1Lit helpssupporting cables in undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might AActs 27:26, 29run aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they let down the 2Or gearsea anchor and in this way let themselves be driven along. 18 The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, 1Lit they were doing a throwing outthey began to AJon 1:5; Acts 27:38jettison the cargo; 19 and on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. 20 Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.

21 1Lit there being much abstinence from foodWhen they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up in their midst and said, “AActs 27:10Men, you ought to have 2Lit obeyed mefollowed my advice and not to have set sail from BActs 27:7Crete and 3Lit gainedincurred this AActs 27:10damage and loss. 22  “Yet now I urge you to AActs 27:25, 36keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. 23  “For this very night AActs 5:19an angel of the God to whom I belong and BRom 1:9whom I serve CActs 18:9; 23:11; 2 Tim 4:17stood before me, 24 saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; AActs 23:11you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you BActs 27:31, 42, 44all those who are sailing with you.’ 25  “Therefore, AActs 27:22, 36keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that 1Lit it will beit will turn out exactly as I have been told. 26  “But we must AActs 27:17, 29run aground on a certain BActs 28:1island.”

27 But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to surmise that 1Lit some land was approaching themthey were approaching some land. 28 They took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms. 29 Fearing that we might AActs 27:17, 26run aground somewhere on the 1Lit rough placesrocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and 2Lit they were praying for it to become daywished for daybreak. 30 But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had let down AActs 27:16the ship’s boat into the sea, on the pretense of intending to lay out anchors from the bow, 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved.” 32 Then the soldiers cut away the AJohn 2:15ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away.

33 Until the day was about to dawn, Paul was encouraging them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken nothing. 34  “Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for AMatt 10:30not a hair from the head of any of you will perish.” 35 Having said this, he took bread and AMatt 14:19gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat. 36 All AActs 27:22, 25of them 1Lit became cheerfulwere encouraged and they themselves also took food. 37 All of us in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six 1Lit soulsAActs 2:41persons. 38 When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by AJon 1:5; Acts 27:18throwing out the wheat into the sea.

39 When day came, AActs 28:1they 1Lit were not recognizingcould not recognize the land; but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could. 40 And casting off AActs 27:29the anchors, they left them in the sea while at the same time they were loosening the ropes of the rudders; and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they were heading for the beach. 41 But striking a 1Lit placereef where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern began to be broken up by the force of the waves. 42 The soldiers’ plan was to AActs 12:19kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape; 43 but the centurion, AActs 27:3wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from their intention, and commanded that those who could swim should 1Lit throw themselvesjump overboard first and get to land, 44 and the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that AActs 27:22, 31they all were brought safely to land.