Acts 27 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Paul Is Sent to Rome

Act 27:1And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort, named Julius.

Act 27:2

Act 27:2And embarking in a ship of Adramyt'tium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristar'chus, a Macedo'nian from Thessaloni'ca.

Act 27:3

Act 27:3The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.

Act 27:4

Act 27:4And putting to sea from there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us.

Act 27:5

Act 27:5And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cili'cia and Pamphyl'ia, we came to Myra in Ly'cia.

Act 27:6

Act 27:6There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and put us on board.

Act 27:7

Act 27:7We sailed slowly for a number of days, and arrived with difficulty off Cni'dus, and as the wind did not allow us to go on, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmo'ne.

Act 27:8

Act 27:8Coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lase'a.

Act 27:9

Act 27:9As much time had been lost, and the voyage was already dangerous because the fast had already gone by, Paul advised them,

Act 27:10

Act 27:10saying, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."

Act 27:11

Act 27:11But the centurion paid more attention to the captain and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.

Act 27:12

Act 27:12And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to put to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, looking northeast and southeast, and winter there.

Act 27:13

Act 27:13And when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close inshore.

Shipwreck

Act 27:14

Act 27:14But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, struck down from the land;

Act 27:15

Act 27:15and when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven.

Act 27:16

Act 27:16And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we managed with difficulty to secure the boat;

Act 27:17

Act 27:17after hoisting it up, they took measures to undergird the ship; then, fearing that they should run on the Syr'tis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.

Act 27:18

Act 27:18As we were violently storm-tossed, they began next day to throw the cargo overboard;

Act 27:19

Act 27:19and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackle of the ship.

Act 27:20

Act 27:20And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many a day, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.

Act 27:21

Act 27:21As they had been long without food, Paul then came forward among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me, and should not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.

Act 27:22

Act 27:22I now bid you take heart; for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

Act 27:23

Act 27:23For this very night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship,

Act 27:24

Act 27:24and he said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and lo, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'

Act 27:25

Act 27:25So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.

Act 27:26

Act 27:26But we shall have to run on some island."

Act 27:27

Act 27:27When the fourteenth night had come, as we were drifting across the sea of A'dria, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.

Act 27:28

Act 27:28So they sounded and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms.

Act 27:29

Act 27:29And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let out four anchors from the stern, and prayed for day to come.

Act 27:30

Act 27:30And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow,

Act 27:31

Act 27:31Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved."

Act 27:32

Act 27:32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it go.

Act 27:33

Act 27:33As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and without food, having taken nothing.

Act 27:34

Act 27:34Therefore I urge you to take some food; it will give you strength, since not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you."

Act 27:35

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

Act 27:36

Act 27:36Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves.

Act 27:37

Act 27:37(We were in all two hundred and seventy-six persons in the ship.)

Act 27:38

Act 27:38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

Act 27:39

Act 27:39Now when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to bring the ship ashore.

Act 27:40

Act 27:40So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders; then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach.

Act 27:41

Act 27:41But striking a shoal they ran the vessel aground; the bow stuck and remained immovable, and the stern was broken up by the surf.

Act 27:42

Act 27:42The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape;

Act 27:43

Act 27:43but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their purpose. He ordered those who could swim to throw themselves overboard first and make for the land,

Act 27:44

Act 27:44and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all escaped to land.

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Paul Is Sent to Rome

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