1 And when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan cohort.
2 So, boarding a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, intending to sail along the coasts of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
3 And the next day we touched at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul courteously and gave him liberty to go to his friends and receive their care.
4 And when we had put to sea from there, we sailed under the shelter of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
6 There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy, and he put us on board.
7 And when we had sailed slowly many days and had scarcely come opposite Cnidus, the wind not permitting us, we sailed under the shelter of Crete, opposite Salmone;
8 and passing along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
9 Now when much time had been spent, and sailing was now dangerous because the Fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,
10 saying to them, "Men, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the cargo and the ship but also of our lives."
11 But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the owner of the ship than by the things spoken by Paul.
12 And because the harbor was not fit to winter in, the majority advised to set sail from there also, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and winter there.
13 And when a south wind blew gently, thinking they had gained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore.
14 But not long after, a tempestuous wind called Euroclydon rushed down from it.
15 And when the ship was caught and could not bear up into the wind, we gave way and were carried along.
16 And running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were barely able to get the ship's boat under control.
17 And when they had taken it up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and fearing lest they should run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were carried along.
18 And because we were exceedingly tossed by the storm, the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard;
19 and on the third day we threw out the ship's tackle with our own hands.
20 And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest pressed upon us, all hope that we would be saved was finally taken away.
21 But after long abstinence Paul stood up in the midst of them and said, "Men, you ought to have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete, and so have spared yourselves this damage and loss.
22 And now I exhort you to be of good courage, for there will be no loss of any life among you, but only of the ship.
23 For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve,
24 saying, 'Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and look, God has given you all those who sail with you.'
25 Therefore be of good courage, men, for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me.
26 But we must run aground on a certain island."
27 But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors supposed that they were drawing near some land.
28 And they sounded and found it twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, they sounded again and found it fifteen fathoms.
29 Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern and wished for day to come.
30 And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship and had let down the boat into the sea, under pretense of being about to run out anchors from the bow,
31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved."
32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let it fall off.
33 And while the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take food, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
34 Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your preservation; for not a hair shall fall from the head of any of you."
35 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.
36 Then they were all of good courage, and they also took food.
37 And in all we were two hundred and seventy-six souls in the ship.
38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat out into the sea.
39 And when it was day, they did not know the land, but they discovered a certain bay with a beach, onto which they were minded, if they could, to drive the ship.
40 And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the bands of the rudders; and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made toward the shore.
41 But they struck a place where two seas met and ran the ship aground; and the bow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence of the waves.
42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out and escape.
43 But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should cast themselves first into the sea and get to land,
44 and the rest to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And so it was that they all escaped safely to land.