Acts 27:14
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Acts 27:14
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But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called (I.e. a northeaster) Euraquilo;
Acts 27:15
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and when the ship was caught {in it} and could not face the wind, we gave way {to it} and let ourselves be driven along.
Acts 27:16
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Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the {ship's} boat under control.
Acts 27:17
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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.
Acts 27:18
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The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to jettison the cargo;
Acts 27:19
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and on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.
Acts 27:20
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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.
Acts 27:21
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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.
Acts 27:22
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~"{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.
Acts 27:23
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~"For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,
Acts 27:24
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saying, `Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you.'
Acts 27:25
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~"Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told.
Acts 27:26
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~"But we must run aground on a certain island."
Acts 27:27
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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.
Acts 27:28
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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.
Acts 27:29
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Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak.
Acts 27:30
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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,
Acts 27:31
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Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved."
Acts 27:32
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Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the {ship's} boat and let it fall away.
Acts 27:33
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Until the day was about to dawn, Paul was encouraging them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken nothing.
Acts 27:34
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~"Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish."
Acts 27:35
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Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat.
Acts 27:36
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All of them were encouraged and they themselves also took food.
Acts 27:37
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All of us in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six persons.
Acts 27:38
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When they had eaten enough, they {began} to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Acts 27:39
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When day came, they could not recognize the land; but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could.
Acts 27:40
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And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea while at the same time they were loosening the ropes of the rudders; and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they were heading for the beach.
Acts 27:41
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But striking a reef where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern {began} to be broken up by the force {of the waves.}
Acts 27:42
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The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none {of them} would swim away and escape;
Acts 27:43
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but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from their intention, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land,
Acts 27:44
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and the rest {should follow,} some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that they all were brought safely to land.
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