Bible Heaven/Bible Heaven.iso/pchyperb/acts27

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 27:1  And when it was determined that we should sail into
Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto
[one] named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
 27:2  And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched,
meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; [one] Aristarchus, a
Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
 27:3  And the next [day] we touched at Sidon. And Julius
courteously entreated Paul, and gave [him] liberty to go unto
his friends to refresh himself.
 27:4  And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under
Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
 27:5  And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and
Pamphylia, we came to Myra, [a city] of Lycia.
 27:6  And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria
sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
 27:7  And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were
come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed
under Crete, over against Salmone;
 27:8  And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is
called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city [of] Lasea.
 27:9  Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now
dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul
admonished [them],
 27:10  And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage
will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and
ship, but also of our lives.
 27:11  Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the
owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by
Paul.
 27:12  And because the haven was not commodious to winter in,
the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means
they might attain to Phenice, [and there] to winter; [which is]
an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north
west.
 27:13  And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that
they had obtained [their] purpose, loosing [thence], they
sailed close by Crete.
 27:14  But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous
wind, called Euroclydon.
 27:15  And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up
into the wind, we let [her] drive.
 27:16  And running under a certain island which is called
Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
 27:17  Which when they had taken up, they used helps,
undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into
the quicksands, struck sail, and so were driven.
 27:18  And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the
next [day] they lightened the ship;
 27:19  And the third [day] we cast out with our own hands the
tackling of the ship.
 27:20  And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared,
and no small tempest lay on [us], all hope that we should be
saved was then taken away.
 27:21  But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst
of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and
not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and
loss.
 27:22  And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there
shall be no loss of [any man's] life among you, but of the
ship.
 27:23  For there stood by me this night the angel of God,
whose I am, and whom I serve,
 27:24  Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before
Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with
thee.
 27:25  Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God,
that it shall be even as it was told me.
 27:26  Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
 27:27  But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were
driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed
that they drew near to some country;
 27:28  And sounded, and found [it] twenty fathoms: and when
they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found
[it] fifteen fathoms.
 27:29  Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks,
they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the
day.
 27:30  And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship,
when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as
though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
 27:31  Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except
these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
 27:32  Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and
let her fall off.
 27:33  And while the day was coming on, Paul besought [them]
all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that
ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
 27:34  Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is
for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head
of any of you.
 27:35  And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave
thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken
[it], he began to eat.
 27:36  Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took
[some] meat.
 27:37  And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore
and sixteen souls.
 27:38  And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the
ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
 27:39  And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they
discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they
were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
 27:40  And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed
[themselves] unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and
hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
 27:41  And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran
the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained
unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of
the waves.
 27:42  And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners,
lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
 27:43  But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from
[their] purpose; and commanded that they which could swim
should cast [themselves] first [into the sea], and get to land:
 27:44  And the rest, some on boards, and some on [broken
pieces] of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped
all safe to land.