After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.…
Acts 27:3The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
Acts 27:8After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
Acts 27:21-26After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss. / But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship. / For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me ...
Acts 27:39-44When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could. / Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach. / But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves. ...
Acts 27:1-2When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment. / We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
Acts 27:13-15When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete. / But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island. / Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
Acts 27:27-29On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land. / They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms. / Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
Acts 27:33-36Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food. / So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.” / After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat. ...
Acts 27:17-19After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along. / We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo. / On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
Acts 27:30-32Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea. / But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.” / So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
Acts 27:9-10By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them, / “Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”
Acts 27:16-18Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat. / After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along. / We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
Acts 27:37-38In all, there were 276 of us on board. / After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
Acts 27:4-6After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us. / And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia. / There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
Acts 27:11-12But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship. / Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
