Acts 27:9-19

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.