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Paul Is Sent to Rome
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.
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.
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.
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.
The next day when we docked at Sidon, Julius was very kind to Paul and let him go ashore to visit with friends so they could provide for his needs.
From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were contrary.
Putting out to sea from there, we encountered strong headwinds that made it difficult to keep the ship on course, so we sailed north of Cyprus between the island and the mainland.
When we had sailed through the sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.
Keeping to the open sea, we passed along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, landing at Myra, in the province of Lycia.
There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.
There the commanding officer found an Egyptian ship from Alexandria that was bound for Italy, and he put us on board.
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;
We had several days of slow sailing, and after great difficulty we finally neared Cnidus. But the wind was against us, so we sailed across to Crete and along the sheltered coast of the island, past the cape of Salmone.
and with difficulty sailing past it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
We struggled along the coast with great difficulty and finally arrived at Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them,
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.”
“Men,” he said, “I believe there is trouble ahead if we go on — shipwreck, loss of cargo, and danger to our lives as well.”
But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul.
But the officer in charge of the prisoners listened more to the ship’s captain and the owner than to Paul.
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.
And since Fair Havens was an exposed harbor — a poor place to spend the winter — most of the crew wanted to go on to Phoenix, farther up the coast of Crete, and spend the winter there. Phoenix was a good harbor with only a southwest and northwest exposure.
When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore.
The Storm at Sea
When a light wind began blowing from the south, the sailors thought they could make it. So they pulled up anchor and sailed close to the shore of Crete.
Shipwreck
But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo;
But the weather changed abruptly, and a wind of typhoon strength (called a “northeaster”) burst across the island and blew us out to sea.
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.
The sailors couldn’t turn the ship into the wind, so they gave up and let it run before the gale.
Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship’s boat under control.
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.
Then the sailors bound ropes around the hull of the ship to strengthen it. They were afraid of being driven across to the sandbars of Syrtis off the African coast, so they lowered the sea anchor to slow the ship and were driven before the wind.
The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to jettison the cargo;
The next day, as gale-force winds continued to batter the ship, the crew began throwing the cargo overboard.
and on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
The following day they even took some of the ship’s gear and threw it overboard.
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.
The terrible storm raged for many days, blotting out the sun and the stars, until at last all hope was gone.
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.
No one had eaten for a long time. Finally, Paul called the crew together and said, “Men, you should have listened to me in the first place and not left Crete. You would have avoided all this damage and loss.
“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.
But take courage! None of you will lose your lives, even though the ship will go down.
“For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,
For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,
saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you.’
and he said, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul, for you will surely stand trial before Caesar! What’s more, God in his goodness has granted safety to everyone sailing with you.’
“Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told.
So take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as he said.
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.
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.
Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak.
At this rate they were afraid we would soon be driven against the rocks along the shore, so they threw out four anchors from the back of the ship and prayed for daylight.
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,
Then the sailors tried to abandon the ship; they lowered the lifeboat as though they were going to put out anchors from the front of the ship.
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved.”
But Paul said to the commanding officer and the soldiers, “You will all die unless the sailors stay aboard.”
Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away.
So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away.
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.
Just as day was dawning, Paul urged everyone to eat. “You have been so worried that you haven’t touched food for two weeks,” he said.
“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.”
“Please eat something now for your own good. For not a hair of your heads will perish.”
Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat.
Then he took some bread, gave thanks to God before them all, and broke off a piece and ate it.
All of them were encouraged and they themselves also took food.
Then everyone was encouraged and began to eat —
All of us in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six persons.
all 276 of us who were on board.
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.
After eating, the crew lightened the ship further by throwing the cargo of wheat overboard.
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.
When morning dawned, they didn’t recognize the coastline, but they saw a bay with a beach and wondered if they could get to shore by running the ship aground.
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.
So they cut off the anchors and left them in the sea. Then they lowered the rudders, raised the foresail, and headed toward shore.
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.
But they hit a shoal and ran the ship aground too soon. The bow of the ship stuck fast, while the stern was repeatedly smashed by the force of the waves and began to break apart.
The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape;
The soldiers wanted to kill the prisoners to make sure they didn’t swim ashore and escape.
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,
But the commanding officer wanted to spare Paul, so he didn’t let them carry out their plan. Then he ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and make for land.