![]() ![]() 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 and with difficulty sailing past it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea. There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it. When we had sailed through the sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. read more.įrom there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were contrary. 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. 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. 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. 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, Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved.” Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away. Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak. 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. ![]() But we must run aground on a certain island.” 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. For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before 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.’ Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told. 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. 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. 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 next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to jettison the cargo read more.Īnd on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. ![]() ![]() 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. Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship’s boat under control. ![]()
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