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Acts 27:1
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When it was decided that we would sail for Italy,
they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the
Augustan cohort named Julius. |
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Acts 27:2
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And embarking in an Adramyttian ship, which
was about to sail to the regions along the coast of Asia, we put out to sea accompanied
by Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica. |
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Acts 27:3
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The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius
treated Paul with consideration and allowed him to go to his friends and receive
care. |
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Acts 27:4
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From there we put out to sea and sailed under
the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were contrary. |
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Acts 27:5
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When we had sailed through the sea along the
coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. |
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Acts 27:6
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There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship
sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it. |
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Acts 27:7
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When we had sailed slowly for a good many days,
and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not permit us to
go farther, we sailed under the shelter of Crete, off Salmone; |
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Acts 27:8
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and with difficulty sailing past it we came
to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea. |
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Acts 27:9
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When considerable time had passed and the voyage
was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish
them, |
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Acts 27:10
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and said to them, "Men, I perceive that the
voyage will certainly be with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and
the ship, but also of our lives." |
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Acts 27:11
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But the centurion was more persuaded by the
pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. |
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Acts 27:12
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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 Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend
the winter there. |
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Acts 27:13
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When a moderate south wind came up, supposing
that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along
Crete, close inshore. |
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Shipwreck |
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Acts 27:14
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But before very long there rushed down from
the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo; |
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Acts 27:15
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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. |
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Acts 27:16
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Running under the shelter of a small island
called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship's boat under control. |
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Acts 27:17
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After they had hoisted it up, they used supporting
cables in undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might run aground on the
shallows of Syrtis, they let down the sea anchor and in this way let themselves
be driven along. |
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Acts 27:18
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The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed,
they began to jettison the cargo; |
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Acts 27:19
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and on the third day they threw the ship's tackle
overboard with their own hands. |
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Acts 27:20
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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. |
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Acts 27:21
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When they had gone a long time without food,
then Paul stood up in their midst and said, "Men, you ought to have followed my
advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss. |
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Acts 27:22
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"Yet now I urge you to keep up your courage,
for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. |
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Acts 27:23
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"For this very night an angel of the God to
whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me, |
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Acts 27:24
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saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand
before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who are sailing with
you.' |
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Acts 27:25
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"Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I
believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told. |
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Acts 27:26
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"But we must run aground on a certain island." |
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Acts 27:27
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But when the fourteenth night came, as we were
being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to surmise
that they were approaching some land. 28 |
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Acts 27:28
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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. |
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Acts 27:29
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Fearing that we might run aground somewhere
on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak. |
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Acts 27:30
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But as the sailors were trying to escape from
the ship and had let down the ship's boat into the sea, on the pretense of intending
to lay out anchors from the bow, |
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Acts 27:31
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Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers,
"Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved." |
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Acts 27:32
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Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the
ship's boat and let it fall away. |
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Acts 27:33
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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. |
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Acts 27:34
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"Therefore I encourage you to take some food,
for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you
will perish." |
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Acts 27:35
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Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks
to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat. |
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Acts 27:36
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All of them were encouraged and they themselves
also took food. |
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Acts 27:37
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All of us in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six
persons. |
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Acts 27:38
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When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten
the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea. |
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Acts 27:39
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When day came, they could 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. |
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Acts 27:40
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And casting off the 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. |
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Acts 27:41
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But striking a reef 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. |
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Acts 27:42
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The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners,
so that none of them would swim away and escape; |
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Acts 27:43
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but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely
through, kept them from their intention, and commanded that those who could swim
should jump overboard first and get to land, |
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Acts 27:44
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and the rest should follow, some on planks,
and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that they all were
brought safely to land. |
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