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The Voyage to Rome Begins
And when it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of the Augustan Regiment.
And when it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of the Augustan Regiment.
So, entering a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, meaning to sail along the coasts of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.
And the next day we landed at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him liberty to go to his friends and receive care.
The next day when we docked at Sidon, Julius was very kind to Paul and let him go ashore to visit with friends so they could provide for his needs.
When we had put to sea from there, we sailed under the shelter of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
Putting out to sea from there, we encountered strong headwinds that made it difficult to keep the ship on course, so we sailed north of Cyprus between the island and the mainland.
And when we had sailed over the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
Keeping to the open sea, we passed along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, landing at Myra, in the province of Lycia.
There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy, and he put us on board.
There the commanding officer found an Egyptian ship from Alexandria that was bound for Italy, and he put us on board.
When we had sailed slowly many days, and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, the wind not permitting us to proceed, we sailed under the shelter of Crete off Salmone.
We had several days of slow sailing, and after great difficulty we finally neared Cnidus. But the wind was against us, so we sailed across to Crete and along the sheltered coast of the island, past the cape of Salmone.
Passing it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
We struggled along the coast with great difficulty and finally arrived at Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
saying, “Men, I perceive that this voyage will end with disaster and much loss, not only of the cargo and ship, but also our lives.”
“Men,” he said, “I believe there is trouble ahead if we go on — shipwreck, loss of cargo, and danger to our lives as well.”
Nevertheless the centurion was more persuaded by the helmsman and the owner of the ship than by the things spoken by Paul.
But the officer in charge of the prisoners listened more to the ship’s captain and the owner than to Paul.
And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to set sail from there also, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete opening toward the southwest and northwest, and winter there.
And since Fair Havens was an exposed harbor — a poor place to spend the winter — most of the crew wanted to go on to Phoenix, farther up the coast of Crete, and spend the winter there. Phoenix was a good harbor with only a southwest and northwest exposure.
In the Tempest
When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their desire, putting out to sea, they sailed close by Crete.
When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their desire, putting out to sea, they sailed close by Crete.
The Storm at Sea
When a light wind began blowing from the south, the sailors thought they could make it. So they pulled up anchor and sailed close to the shore of Crete.
But the weather changed abruptly, and a wind of typhoon strength (called a “northeaster”) burst across the island and blew us out to sea.
The sailors couldn’t turn the ship into the wind, so they gave up and let it run before the gale.
Then the sailors bound ropes around the hull of the ship to strengthen it. They were afraid of being driven across to the sandbars of Syrtis off the African coast, so they lowered the sea anchor to slow the ship and were driven before the wind.
And because we were exceedingly tempest-tossed, the next day they lightened the ship.
The next day, as gale-force winds continued to batter the ship, the crew began throwing the cargo overboard.
On the third day we threw the ship’s tackle overboard with our own hands.
The following day they even took some of the ship’s gear and threw it overboard.
Now when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest beat on us, all hope that we would be saved was finally given up.
The terrible storm raged for many days, blotting out the sun and the stars, until at last all hope was gone.
But after long abstinence from food, then Paul stood in the midst of them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and incurred this disaster and loss.
No one had eaten for a long time. Finally, Paul called the crew together and said, “Men, you should have listened to me in the first place and not left Crete. You would have avoided all this damage and loss.
But take courage! None of you will lose your lives, even though the ship will go down.
For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve,
For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,
saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you.’
and he said, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul, for you will surely stand trial before Caesar! What’s more, God in his goodness has granted safety to everyone sailing with you.’
Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me.
So take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as he said.
Now when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors sensed that they were drawing near some land.
And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
At this rate they were afraid we would soon be driven against the rocks along the shore, so they threw out four anchors from the back of the ship and prayed for daylight.
And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, when they had let down the skiff into the sea, under pretense of putting out anchors from the prow,
Then the sailors tried to abandon the ship; they lowered the lifeboat as though they were going to put out anchors from the front of the ship.
Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”
But Paul said to the commanding officer and the soldiers, “You will all die unless the sailors stay aboard.”
Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the skiff and let it fall off.
So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away.
And as day was about to dawn, Paul implored them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have waited and continued without food, and eaten nothing.
Just as day was dawning, Paul urged everyone to eat. “You have been so worried that you haven’t touched food for two weeks,” he said.
Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you.”
“Please eat something now for your own good. For not a hair of your heads will perish.”
And when he had said these things, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it he began to eat.
Then he took some bread, gave thanks to God before them all, and broke off a piece and ate it.
Then they were all encouraged, and also took food themselves.
Then everyone was encouraged and began to eat —
And in all we were two hundred and seventy-six persons on the ship.
all 276 of us who were on board.
So when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and threw out the wheat into the sea.
After eating, the crew lightened the ship further by throwing the cargo of wheat overboard.
Shipwrecked on Malta
When it was day, they did not recognize the land; but they observed a bay with a beach, onto which they planned to run the ship if possible.
When it was day, they did not recognize the land; but they observed a bay with a beach, onto which they planned to run the ship if possible.
When morning dawned, they didn’t recognize the coastline, but they saw a bay with a beach and wondered if they could get to shore by running the ship aground.
So they cut off the anchors and left them in the sea. Then they lowered the rudders, raised the foresail, and headed toward shore.
But they hit a shoal and ran the ship aground too soon. The bow of the ship stuck fast, while the stern was repeatedly smashed by the force of the waves and began to break apart.
And the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim away and escape.
The soldiers wanted to kill the prisoners to make sure they didn’t swim ashore and escape.
But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land,
But the commanding officer wanted to spare Paul, so he didn’t let them carry out their plan. Then he ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and make for land.