27:1And when it was decided that he should sail to Italy, and that Paul with the rest of the prisoners should be handed over to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan cohort, going on board a ship of Adramyttium, beginning to sail along the places of Asia, we put out to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, continuing with us. 27:3And on the following day we came down to Sidon. 27:3And Julius, treating Paul humanely, permitted him to go to his friends, and to look after himself. 27:4And when we had put out from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. 27:5And sailing the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Lystra, which is in Lycia: and there the centurion, finding a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy, transferred us into it.
27:7And when for many days we were sailing slowly, and had barely come opposite Cnidus, the wind hindering us, we sailed to Crete beside Salmone: and barely sailing along it, we came to a certain place which is called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Thalassa. 27:9And much time having been spent, and since sailing was now not safe because the fast too had now gone by, Paul was comforting them, saying to them: "Men, I see that with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo, and the ship, but also of our lives, the voyage is beginning to be." 27:11But the centurion believed the helmsman and the shipmaster more than the things which were being said by Paul.
27:12And since the harbour was not fit for wintering, the greater number decided on the plan to sail from there, if somehow they could, reaching Phoenix to winter there, a harbour of Crete looking towards the south-west and the north-west. 27:13And when the south wind blew gently, thinking that they held their purpose, when they had put out from Assos, they were coasting along Crete. 27:14But not long after there struck against it a tempestuous wind, which is called Euroaquilo. 27:15And when the ship had been caught, and could not make head against the wind, the ship having been given up to the blasts, we were being driven along. 27:16And running under a certain island, which is called Cauda, we were barely able to secure the boat.
27:17And this having been hoisted up, they were using helps, girding the ship, fearing that they would fall into the Syrtis, and, the gear having been lowered, so they were being driven. 27:18And as we were being violently tossed by the storm, on the following day they made a jettison: and on the third day with their own hands they threw out the tackle of the ship. 27:20And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm pressing on us, all hope of our safety was now taken away. 27:21And when there had been much fasting, then Paul, standing in their midst, said: "You ought indeed, O men, to have listened to me, and not to have put out from Crete, and to have gained this injury and loss.
27:22And now I urge you to be of good heart: for there will be loss of no life among you, but only of the ship. 27:23For there stood by me this night an angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying: 'Do not be afraid, Paul: you must stand before Caesar: and look, God has granted you all who sail with you.' 27:25For which reason be of good heart, men: for I believe God that it will be so, just as it has been told me. 27:26But we must come upon a certain island." 27:27But after the fourteenth night had come, as we were sailing in the Adriatic about midnight, the sailors suspected that some land was appearing to them.
27:28And letting down the sounding-lead, they found twenty fathoms: and a little separated from there, they found fifteen fathoms. 27:29And fearing that we might fall upon rough places, letting down four anchors from the stern, they were praying for day to come. 27:30But as the sailors were seeking to flee from the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under the pretence that they were beginning to stretch out anchors from the prow, Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers: "Unless these men remain in the ship, you cannot be saved." 27:32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall away.
27:33And when light was beginning to come, Paul was asking all to take food, saying: "Today is the fourteenth day that you remain waiting and fasting, taking nothing. 27:34For which reason I ask you to take food for your safety: for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish." 27:35And when he had said these things, taking bread, he gave thanks to God in the sight of all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. 27:36And all, having become of better heart, themselves too took food. 27:37Now we were in all, the souls in the ship, two hundred and seventy-six. 27:38And having been filled with food they were lightening the ship, throwing the wheat into the sea.
27:39And when day had come, they did not recognize the land: but they were noticing a certain bay having a beach, onto which they were thinking, if they could, to run the ship. 27:40And when they had taken up the anchors, they were committing themselves to the sea, at the same time loosening the bands of the rudders: and the foresail having been raised according to the blowing of the breeze, they were making for the beach. 27:41And when we had fallen into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground: and the prow indeed, stuck fast, remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the sea.
27:42And the soldiers' plan was that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone, having swum out, should escape. 27:43But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, prevented it from being done: and he ordered those who could swim to throw themselves out first, and to get away, and to go out onto land: and the rest, some they were carrying on planks, some upon things which were from the ship. 27:44And so it happened, that all the souls escaped to land.