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1 - And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others, prisoners, to a centurion, by name Julius, of the band of Sebastus,

2 - and having embarked in a ship of Adramyttium, we, being about to sail by the coasts of Asia, did set sail, there being with us Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica,

3 - on the next <FI>day<Fi> also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, did permit <FI>him<Fi> , having gone on unto friends, to receive <FI>their<Fi> care.

4 - And thence, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary,

5 - and having sailed over the sea over-against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,

6 - and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, did put us into it,

7 - and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone,

8 - and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called `Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city <FI>of<Fi> Lasaea.

9 - And much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous--because of the fast also being already past--Paul was admonishing,

10 - saying to them, `Men, I perceive that with hurt, and much damage, not only of the lading and of the ship, but also of our lives--the voyage is about to be;'

11 - but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul;

12 - and the haven being incommodious to winter in, the more part gave counsel to sail thence also, if by any means they might be able, having attained to Phenice, <FI>there<Fi> to winter, <FI>which is<Fi> a haven of Crete, looking to the south-west and north-west,

13 - and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained <FI>their<Fi> purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,

14 - and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,

15 - and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given <FI>her<Fi> up, we were borne on,

16 - and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

17 - which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast--so were borne on.

18 - And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding <FI>day<Fi> they were making a clearing,

19 - and on the third <FI>day<Fi> with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,

20 - and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

21 - And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, `It behoved <FI>you<Fi> , indeed, O men--having hearkened to me--not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;

22 - and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you--but of the ship;

23 - for there stood by me this night a messenger of God--whose I am, and whom I serve--

24 - saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;

25 - wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me,

26 - and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'

27 - And when the fourteenth night came--we being borne up and down in the Adria--toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;

28 - and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,

29 - and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

30 - And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as <FI>if<Fi> out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,

31 - Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, `If these do not remain in the ship--ye are not able to be saved;'

32 - then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.

33 - And till the day was about to be, Paul was calling upon all to partake of nourishment, saying, `Fourteen days to-day, waiting, ye continue fasting, having taken nothing,

34 - wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'

35 - and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken <FI>it<Fi> , he began to eat;

36 - and all having become of good cheer, themselves also took food,

37 - (and we were--all the souls in the ship--two hundred, seventy and six),

38 - and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.

39 - And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain creek were perceiving having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship,

40 - and the anchors having taken up, they were committing <FI>it<Fi> to the sea, at the same time--having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the wind--they were making for the shore,

41 - and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the fore-part, indeed, having stuck fast, did remain immoveable, but the hinder-part was broken by the violence of the waves.

42 - And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,

43 - but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first--to get unto the land,

44 - and the rest, some indeed upon boards, and some upon certain things of the ship; and thus it came to pass that all came safe unto the land.