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Acts 27:8-38

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8and with difficulty, by keeping close in shore, we reached a place called ‘Fair Havens,’ near which was the town of Lasea.
9This had taken a considerable time, and sailing was already dangerous, for the Fast was already over; and so Paul gave this warning.
10“My friends,” he said, “I see that this voyage will be attended with injury and much damage, not only to the cargo and the ship, but to our own lives also.”
11The Roman officer, however, was more influenced by the captain and the owner than by what was said by Paul.
12And, as the harbour was not a suitable one to winter in, the majority were in favour of continuing the voyage, in hope of being able to reach Phoenix, and winter there. Phoenix was a Cretan harbour, open to the north-east and south-east.
13So, when a light wind sprang up from the south, thinking that they had found their opportunity, they weighed anchor and kept along the coast of Crete, close in shore.
14But shortly afterward a hurricane came down on us off the land — a north-easter, as it is called.
15The ship was caught by it and was unable to keep her head to the wind, so we had to give way and let her drive before it.
16Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we only just managed to secure the ship's boat,
17and, after hoisting it on board, the men frapped the ship. But, afraid of being driven on to the Syrtis Sands, they lowered the yard, and then drifted.
18So violently were we tossed about by the storm, that the next day they began throwing the cargo overboard,
19and, on the following day, threw out the ship's tackle with their own hands.
20As neither sun nor stars were visible for several days, and, as the gale still continued severe, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.
21It was then, when they had gone a long time without food, that Paul came forward, and said, “My friends, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and so incurred this injury and damage.
22Yet, even as things are, I beg you not to lose courage, for there will not be a single life lost amongst you — only the ship.
23For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong, and whom I serve, stood by me, and said —
24‘Have no fear, Paul; you must appear before the Emperor, and God himself has given you the lives of all your fellow voyagers.’
25Therefore, courage, my friends! For I believe God, that everything will happen exactly as I have been told.
26We will, however, have to be driven on some island.”
27It was now the fourteenth night of the storm, and we were drifting about in the Adriatic Sea, when, about midnight, the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near land.
28So they took soundings, and found twenty fathoms of water. After waiting a little, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
29Then, as they were afraid of our being driven on some rocky coast, they let go four anchors from the stern, and longed for daylight.
30The sailors wanted to leave the ship, and had lowered the boat, on pretence of running out anchors from the bows,
31when Paul said to the Roman officer and his men, “Unless the sailors remain on board, you cannot be saved.”
32So the soldiers cut the ropes which held the boat, and let her drift away.
33In the interval before daybreak Paul kept urging them all to take something to eat. “It is a fortnight today,” he said, “that, owing to your anxiety, you have gone without food, taking nothing.
34So I beg you to take something to eat; your safety depends on it, for not one of you will lose even a hair of his head.”
35With these words he took some bread, and, after saying the thanksgiving to God before them all, broke it in pieces, and began to eat;
36and the men all felt cheered and had something to eat themselves.
37There were about seventy-six of us on board, all told.
38After satisfying their hunger, they further lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

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