Acts 27:16-44

¹⁶And, sailing near the side of a small island named Cauda, we were able, though it was hard work, to make the ship's boat safe:

¹⁷And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.

¹⁸And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;

¹⁹And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side.

²⁰And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.

²¹And when they had been without food for a long time, Paul got up among them and said, Friends, it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete, to undergo this damage and loss.

²²But now, I say to you, be of good heart, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.

²³For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am,

²⁴Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.

²⁵And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me.

²⁶But we will be sent on to a certain island.

²⁷But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land;

²⁸And they let down the lead, and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet.

²⁹Then, fearing that by chance we might come on to the rocks, they let down four hooks from the back of the ship, and made prayers for the coming of day.

³⁰Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship, letting down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ship;

³¹But Paul said to the captain and his men, If you do not keep these men in the ship, you will not be safe.

³²Then the armed men, cutting the cords of the boat, let her go.

³³And when dawn was near, Paul gave them all orders to take food, saying, This is the fourteenth day you have been waiting and taking no food.

³⁴So I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction.

³⁵And when he had said this and had taken bread, he gave praise to God before them all, and took a meal of the broken bread.

³⁶Then they all took heart and did the same.

³⁷And we were, in the ship, two hundred and seventy-six persons.

³⁸And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.

³⁹And when it was day, they had no knowledge of the land, but they saw an inlet of the sea with a floor of sand, and they had the idea of driving the ship up on to it if possible.

⁴⁰So cutting away the hooks, and letting them go into the sea, and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades, and lifting up the sail to the wind, they went in the direction of the inlet.

⁴¹And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.

⁴²Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.

⁴³But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:

⁴⁴And the rest, some on boards and some on things from the ship. And so it came about that they all got safe to land.