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'ACTS 27'

Paul travels to Rome

1It was that we should embark for Italy. They then handed Paul and the other prisoners over to Julius, a Roman officer who was from the battalion called "Battalion of the Emperor." 2We boarded a ship from the city of Adramitius, which was ready to sail to the ports of the province of Asia. And so we started the journey. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from the city of Thessalonica, was with us. 3The next day we arrived at the port of Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go see his friends and get what he needed from them. 4After leaving Sidon, we sailed north to the island of Cyprus to avoid the winds that were blowing against us. 5We cross the sea in front of the coast of the Cilicia region and the province of Pamphylia and arrive at Mirra, a city in the province of Lycia. 6There the Roman officer found a ship from the city of Alexandria on its way to Italy, and he made us board it.

7We sailed very slowly for several days and with great difficulty arrived in front of the city of Cnido. As the wind wouldn't let us continue in that direction, we passed Cape Salmona on the island of Crete and followed the south side of that island, which is protected from the winds. 8So we sailed very close to the coast and, still with difficulty, we arrived at a place called “Bons Portos”, close to the city of Laseia.

9We stayed there for a long time, and it became dangerous to continue our journey because winter was approaching. So Paulo warned:

10— Men, I see that from now on our journey will be dangerous. There will be great damage not only to the ship and its cargo, but there will also be loss of life.

11But the Roman officer had more confidence in the captain and owner of the ship than in Paul. 12The harbor was not a good place to spend the winter. That's why most people thought we should get out of there and try to get to Phoenix. This city is a port of Crete that has one side to the southwest and the other to the northwest. And they thought we could winter there.

the storm at sea

13A light wind began to blow from the south, so they thought they could do what they had planned. We weighed anchor and sailed as close as possible to the coast of Crete. 14But suddenly a very strong wind called “Northeast” came from the island 15and swept the ship in such a way that we could not make it go in the right direction. So we gave up and let the wind take us. 16To escape the wind, we passed south of a small island called Tail. There, with great difficulty, we managed to retrieve the boat from the ship. 17The sailors lifted the dinghy into the ship and tied the ship's hull with thick ropes. They were afraid that the ship would be dragged to the sandbars that are close to the Libyan coast. Then they lowered the sails and let the ship drift away. 18And the terrible storm continued. The next day they started to throw the cargo into the sea. 19And the other day, the sailors, with their own hands, threw a part of the ship's equipment into the sea.

20For many days we could not see the sun or the stars, and the wind continued to blow strong. We finally lost all hope of saving ourselves.

21 It had been a long time since they had eaten anything. So Paul stood in their midst and said:

“Men, you should have heeded what I said and stayed in Crete; and so we would not have had all this loss and loss. 22But now I ask you to have courage. Nobody will die; we will only miss the ship. 23I say this because last night an angel of God to whom I belong and serve appeared to me 24and said, “Paul, don't be afraid! You need to go to the Emperor's presence. And God, in His goodness, has already given you the lives of all who are traveling with you.” 25Therefore, men, be brave! I trust God and am sure he will do as he tells me. 26But we are going to be dragged to some island.

27Two weeks later, at night, we were still being carried away by storm in the Mediterranean Sea. Around midnight, the sailors began to feel that we were getting close to land. 28Then they threw a rope with a weight at the end into the sea and saw that the water there was thirty-six meters deep. Later they measured again, and it got twenty-seven meters. 29They were very afraid that the ship was going to crash against the rocks. So they dropped four anchors from the back of the ship and prayed for dawn soon. 30Then the sailors tried to escape the ship. They lowered the boat into the sea, pretending they were going to drop anchors from the front of the ship. 31Then Paul said to the Roman officer and the soldiers,

“If the sailors don't stay on the ship, you won't be able to save yourselves.

32Then the soldiers cut the ropes holding the boat and dropped it into the sea.

33At dawn Paul asked everyone to eat something and said:

“You've been waiting for fourteen days and during that time you haven't eaten anything. 34Now have something to eat, please. You need to feed yourself to be able to continue living. Because no one is going to lose even a hair.

35Then Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of everyone. Then he broke the bread and began to eat. 36So they got more courageous and ate too. 37On the ship there were a total of two hundred and seventy-six people. 38After everyone had eaten, they threw the wheat into the sea to make the ship lighter.

All arrive safe and sound

39When morning came, the sailors did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay where there was a beach. So they decided to do their best to ground the ship there. 40They cut the ropes of the anchors, and dropped them into the sea, and untied the rudders. Then they lifted the sail from the front side so that they could head towards the beach. 41But the ship hit a sandbar and ran aground. The front part got stuck, and the back part started to be ripped apart by the force of the waves.

42The soldiers agreed to kill all the prisoners so that none could reach the beach and flee. 43But the Roman official wanted to save Paul and would not let them do that. On the contrary, he ordered everyone who could swim to be the first to jump into the water and swim to shore. 44And he also ordered the others to be saved, holding on to boards or pieces of the ship. And that's how we all arrived on earth safe and sound.

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