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and Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, accompanied us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius, treating Paul with [thoughtful] consideration, allowed him to go to his friends <i>there</i> and be cared for <i>and</i> refreshed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>From there we put out to sea and sailed to the leeward (sheltered) side of Cyprus [for protection from weather] because the winds were against us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When we had sailed across the sea along the coasts of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia [on the south coast of Asia Minor]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>There the centurion [Julius] found an Alexandrian ship [a grain ship of the Roman fleet] sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For a number of days we sailed slowly and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus; then, because the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the leeward (sheltered) side of Crete, off Salmone; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and hugging the shore with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea [on the south side of Crete]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now much time had been lost, and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>navigation was dangerous, because even [the time for] the fast (Day of Atonement) was already over, so Paul <i>began</i> to strongly warn them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>saying, “Men, I sense [after careful thought and observation] that this voyage will certainly be a disaster and with great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>However, the centurion [Julius, ranking officer on board] was persuaded by the pilot and the owner of the ship rather than by what Paul said. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Because the harbor was not well situated for wintering, the majority [of the sailors] decided to put to sea from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter <i>there</i>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So when the south wind blew softly, thinking that they had obtained their goal, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, hugging the coast. <p class="hdg">Shipwreck</p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But soon afterward a violent wind, called Euraquilo [a northeaster, a tempestuous windstorm like a typhoon], came rushing down from the island; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and when the ship was caught in it and could not head against the wind [to gain stability], we gave up and [letting her drift] were driven along. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>We ran under the shelter of a small island [twenty-five miles south of Crete] called Clauda, and with great difficulty we were able to get the <i>ship’s</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>skiff on the deck <i>and</i> secure it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>After hoisting the skiff [on board], they used <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>support lines [for frapping] to undergird <i>and</i> brace the ship’s hull; and fearing that they might run aground on <i>the shallows of</i> Syrtis [off the north coast of Africa], they let down the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>sea anchor <i>and</i> lowered the sails and were driven along [backwards with the bow into the wind]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>On the next day, as we were being violently tossed about by the storm [and taking on water], they began to jettison the cargo; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle (spare lines, blocks, miscellaneous equipment) overboard with their own hands [to further reduce the weight]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm kept raging about us, from then on all hope of our being saved was [growing worse and worse and] gradually abandoned. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>After <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>they had gone a long time without food [because of seasickness and stress], Paul stood up before them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice and should not have set sail from Crete, and brought on this damage and loss. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But <i>even</i> now I urge you to keep up your courage <i>and</i> be in good spirits, because there will be no loss of life among you, but <i>only loss</i> of the ship. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>and said, ‘Stop being afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has given you [the lives of] all those who are sailing with you.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So keep up your courage, men, for I believe God <i>and</i> have complete confidence in Him that it will turn out exactly as I have been told; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>but we must run [the ship] aground on some island.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The fourteenth night had come and we were drifting <i>and</i> being driven about in the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors <i>began</i> to suspect that they were approaching some land. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So they took soundings [using a weighted line] and found [the depth to be] twenty fathoms (120 feet); and a little farther on they sounded again and found [the depth to be] fifteen fathoms (90 feet). <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern [to slow the ship] and kept wishing for daybreak to come. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But as the sailors were trying to escape [secretly] from the ship and had let down the skiff into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain on the ship, you cannot be saved.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Then the soldiers cut away the ropes that held the skiff and let it fall <i>and</i> drift away. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>While they waited for the day to dawn, Paul encouraged them all [and told them] to have some food, saying, “This is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly on watch and going without food, having eaten nothing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>So I urge you to eat some food, for this is for your survival; for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, and he broke it and began to eat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then all of them were encouraged <i>and</i> their spirits improved, and they also ate some food. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>All told there were two hundred and seventy-six of us aboard the ship. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>After they had eaten enough, they <i>began</i> to lighten the ship by throwing the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>wheat [from Egypt] overboard into the sea. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, and they decided to run the ship ashore there if they could. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>So they cut the cables <i>and</i> severed the anchors and left them in the sea while at the same time <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>unlashing the ropes of the rudders; and after hoisting the foresail to the wind, they headed steadily for the beach. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>But striking a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>reef with waves breaking in on either side, they ran the ship aground. The prow (forward point) stuck fast and remained immovable, while the stern <i>began</i> to break up under the [violent] force <i>of the waves</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would dive overboard <i>and</i> swim [to land] and escape; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>but the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from [carrying out] their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to the shore; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/27-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>and [he commanded] the rest <i>to follow</i>, some on [floating] planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it was that all of them were brought safely to land.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Luke apparently stayed nearby, so that he could visit and assist Paul during the two years of his imprisonment.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Sailing in the Mediterranean was dangerous for ancient ships after the second week of September, and virtually impossible after Nov 11, so now there was no hope of reaching Italy before winter.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> This was a small boat towed behind the ship for transportation to and from shore or as a lifeboat for emergencies. In a violent sea it might collide repeatedly with the ship and cause major damage.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> These were ropes that were tightly wrapped around (and sometimes under) the hull of an ancient ship to firm and strengthen it in heavy seas.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> A sea anchor (para-anchor) is a sturdy fabric parachute set at the end of an anchor rode (designed for use with a ropechain windlass) or other long line and sometimes weighted so it rides deep. A sea anchor is placed off the bow (front) so that the boat’s bow would be held into the wind while drifting or being blown downwind. One danger of this is that the rudder may be damaged and that is what happened later--the rudder was lost (see v 40). A drogue is set off the stern (back) when sailing downwind to slow the boat and provide more control. The sea anchor held the bow into the wind and slowed the drift. <i>The Annapolis Book of Seamanship,</i> Third Edition.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Lit <i>there was much loss of appetite</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> The Ionian Sea was then considered part of the Adriatic (Adrian Gulf) which, in ancient times, extended much farther south than today’s Adriatic Sea.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">38</span> Wheat was a major Egyptian export.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">40</span> Ships of this period and region often had two large paddles on either side of the stern for steering, and when not in use they would be secured with ropes. This was particularly necessary in foul weather, where the sea might dislodge a rudder. Now that they were casting off, the rudders had to be freed and lowered into the water for use.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">41</span> Lit <i>place with water on both sides</i>. 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