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Acts 27 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Paul Is Sent to Rome

Act 27:1

Act 27:1When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan [fn]cohort named Julius.

Act 27:2

Act 27:2And embarking in an Adramyttian ship, which was about to sail to the regions along the coast of [fn]Asia, we put out to sea accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica.

Act 27:3

Act 27:3The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul with consideration and allowed him to go to his friends and receive care.

Act 27:4

Act 27:4From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were contrary.

Act 27:5

Act 27:5When we had sailed through the sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.

Act 27:6

Act 27:6There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

Act 27:7

Act 27:7When 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;

Act 27:8

Act 27:8and with difficulty sailing past it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

Act 27:9

Act 27:9When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the [fn]fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them,

Act 27:10

Act 27:10and said to them, “Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”

Act 27:11

Act 27:11But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the [fn]captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul.

Act 27:12

Act 27:12Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

Act 27:13

Act 27:13[fn]When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore.

Shipwreck

Act 27:14

Act 27:14But before very long there rushed down from [fn]the land a violent wind, called [fn]Euraquilo;

Act 27:15

Act 27:15and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be driven along.

Act 27:16

Act 27:16Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship’s [fn]boat under control.

Act 27:17

Act 27:17After they had hoisted it up, they used [fn]supporting cables in undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might run aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they let down the [fn]sea anchor and in this way let themselves be driven along.

Act 27:18

Act 27:18The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, [fn]they began to jettison the cargo;

Act 27:19

Act 27:19and on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

Act 27:20

Act 27:20Since 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.

Act 27:21

Act 27:21[fn]When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up in their midst and said, “Men, you ought to have [fn]followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and [fn]incurred this damage and loss.

Act 27:22

Act 27:22“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.

Act 27:23

Act 27:23“For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,

Act 27:24

Act 27:24saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you.’

Act 27:25

Act 27:25“Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that [fn]it will turn out exactly as I have been told.

Act 27:26

Act 27:26“But we must run aground on a certain island.”

Act 27:27

Act 27:27But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to surmise that [fn]they were approaching some land.

Act 27:28

Act 27:28They 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.

Act 27:29

Act 27:29Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the [fn]rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and [fn]wished for daybreak.

Act 27:30

Act 27:30But 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,

Act 27:31

Act 27:31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved.”

Act 27:32

Act 27:32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away.

Act 27:33

Act 27:33Until 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.

Act 27:34

Act 27:34“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.”

Act 27:35

Act 27:35Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat.

Act 27:36

Act 27:36All of them [fn]were encouraged and they themselves also took food.

Act 27:37

Act 27:37All of us in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six [fn]persons.

Act 27:38

Act 27:38When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.

Act 27:39

Act 27:39When day came, they [fn]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.

Act 27:40

Act 27:40And 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.

Act 27:41

Act 27:41But striking a [fn]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.

Act 27:42

Act 27:42The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape;

Act 27:43

Act 27:43but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from their intention, and commanded that those who could swim should [fn]jump overboard first and get to land,

Act 27:44

Act 27:44and 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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NASB95 Footnotes
Or, battalion
I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
I.e. Day of Atonement in September or October, which was a dangerous time of year for navigation
Or, owner
Literally: a south wind having gently blown
Literally: it
I.e. a northeaster
Or, skiff: a small boat in tow or carried on board for emergency use, transportation to and from shore, etc.
Literally: helps
Or, gear
Literally: they were doing a throwing out
Literally: there being much abstinence from food
Literally: obeyed me
Literally: gained
Literally: it will be
Literally: some land was approaching them
Literally: rough places
Literally: they were praying for it to become day
Literally: became cheerful
Literally: souls
Literally: were not recognizing
Literally: place
Literally: throw themselves
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