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    Acts 27

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    The ship's 276 souls eat at last, throw the grain overboard, and then sail the wreck onto a beach.

    A difficult voyage chooses the wrong harbourvv. 1–12

    Paul is handed to Julius for the voyage to Italy, with Aristarchus aboard as well. The ship makes its way past Sidon, Cyprus, Cilicia, Pamphylia, Myra, Cnidus and Salmone before reaching Fair Havens near Lasea. Paul sees disaster ahead, but the centurion listens instead to the pilot and the owner; Fair Havens is deemed unsuitable for winter, and Phoenix wins the vote.

    The storm, the angel, and the severed lifeboatvv. 13–32

    A gentle wind gives them confidence for roughly the length of a sigh, and then the Northeaster takes charge. Cargo goes overboard, then the ship’s tackle, while sun and stars disappear and hope goes with them. Paul reports an angelic promise that everyone will live, though the ship must run aground; later, when the sailors try to slip away in the lifeboat, Paul warns that all must remain aboard, and the soldiers cut it loose.

    Breakfast, ballast, and the wreckvv. 33–44

    At daybreak Paul has them eat after fourteen days of suspense. The 276 aboard take food, and then the grain—the very thing they have just eaten around—is thrown into the sea. They find a sandy bay, run aground, and watch the stern come apart; the soldiers propose killing the prisoners, but Julius prevents it because he wants to spare Paul, and everyone reaches land by swimming, planks, or assorted shipwreck.

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    1. Acts 27:1When 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.

    2. Acts 27:2We 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.

    3. Acts 27:3The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

    4. Acts 27:4After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

    5. Acts 27:5And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

    6. Acts 27:6There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

    7. Acts 27:7After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

    8. Acts 27:8After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

    9. Acts 27:9By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,

    10. Acts 27:10“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.”

    11. Acts 27:11But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

    12. Acts 27:12Since 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.

    13. Acts 27:13When 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.

    14. Acts 27:14But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.

    15. Acts 27:15Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

    16. Acts 27:16Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

    17. Acts 27:17After 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.

    18. Acts 27:18We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

    19. Acts 27:19On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

    20. Acts 27:20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

    21. Acts 27:21After 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.

    22. Acts 27:22But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.

    23. Acts 27:23For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me

    24. Acts 27:24and 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.’

    25. Acts 27:25So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.

    26. Acts 27:26However, we must run aground on some island.”

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

    28. Acts 27:28They 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.

    29. Acts 27:29Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

    30. Acts 27:30Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

    31. Acts 27:31But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

    32. Acts 27:32So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

    33. Acts 27:33Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

    34. Acts 27:34So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

    35. Acts 27:35After 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.

    36. Acts 27:36They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

    37. Acts 27:37In all, there were 276 of us on board.

    38. Acts 27:38After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

    39. Acts 27:39When 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.

    40. Acts 27:40Cutting 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.

    41. Acts 27:41But 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.

    42. Acts 27:42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

    43. Acts 27:43But 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.

    44. Acts 27:44The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.

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    • 25Romans 4:20–21Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
    • 24Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
    • 1Acts 25:25But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
    • 242 Timothy 4:16–17At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
    • 25Luke 1:45Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
    • 24Matthew 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
    • 22Acts 27:36They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
    • 22Acts 27:25So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
    • 23Romans 1:9God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
    • 232 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
    • 252 Timothy 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
    • 25Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
    • 34Matthew 10:30And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
    • 3Acts 24:23He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
    • 9Numbers 29:7On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
    • 9Leviticus 23:27–29“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.

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