Acts 27:9-19

⁹Much time had been lost and sailing was already dangerous, because even the Fast had already taken place; Paul repeatedly warned them

¹⁰saying, “Men, I perceive that the voyage is about to be with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but even of our lives.”

¹¹But the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and ship owner rather than by what Paul said.

¹²And since the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised sailing on, to see if they could get to Phoenix in order to winter, it being a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest.

¹³So when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.

¹⁴But not long after, a cyclonic wind blasted down from the land (it is called Euroclydon).

¹⁵Well the ship was caught and could not head into the wind, so we gave up and were driven along.

¹⁶Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we barely managed to secure the skiff;

¹⁷when they had hoisted it aboard, they used cables to undergird the ship; and fearing that they might fall into the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and so were driven along.

¹⁸We were being so violently battered by the storm that the next day they began to jettison things,

¹⁹and on the third we threw off the ship's tackle with our own hands.