Acts 27

1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.

1 When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

2 We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

2 Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica being with us.

3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

3 The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

4 After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

4 Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

5 And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

5 When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

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

7 After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

7 When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

8 After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

8 With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

9 By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,

9 When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them

10 “Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”

10 and said to them, “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.”

11 But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

11 But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.

12 Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

12 Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking southwest and northwest.

13 When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.

14 But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.

14 But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.

15 Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

15 When the ship was caught and couldn’t face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

16 Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

16 Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.

17 After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.

17 After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.

18 We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

18 As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

19 On the third day, they threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.

20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

20 When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.

21 After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

21 When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them and said, “Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete and have gotten this injury and loss.

22 But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.

22 Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

23 For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me

23 For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

24 and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’

24 saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

25 So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.

25 Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

26 However, we must run aground on some island.”

26 But we must run aground on a certain island.”

27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

27 But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.

28 They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.

28 They took soundings and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.

29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

29 Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.

30 Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,

31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”

32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let it fall off.

33 Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

33 While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.

34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

34 Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”

35 After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

35 When he had said this and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; then he broke it and began to eat.

36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

36 Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.

37 In all, there were 276 of us on board.

37 In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.

38 After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

38 When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

39 When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

39 When it was day, they didn’t recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.

40 Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

40 Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

41 But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

41 But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.

42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

42 The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.

43 But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

43 But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

44 The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.

44 and the rest should follow, some on planks and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.