1 As|strong="G5613" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" decided|strong="G2919" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" sail to|strong="G1519" Italy|strong="G2482", Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" other|strong="G2087" prisoners|strong="G1202" were|strong="G3588" put|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" charge of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" centurion|strong="G1543" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Augustan|strong="G4575" Guard|strong="G2532", named|strong="G3686" Julius|strong="G2457".
2 We|strong="G2249" went|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1519" board a|strong="G1519" ship|strong="G4143" from|strong="G2596" Adramyttium, which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" point|strong="G3195" of|strong="G2596" sailing|strong="G4126" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" ports along|strong="G4862" the|strong="G1519" coast|strong="G2596" of|strong="G2596" Roman Asia|strong="G3588", and|strong="G1161" put|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" sea. Aristarchus, a|strong="G1519" Macedonian|strong="G3110" from|strong="G2596" Thessalonica|strong="G2331", went|strong="G3588" with|strong="G4862" us|strong="G1519".
3 The|strong="G1519" next|strong="G2087" day|strong="G3588" we|strong="G4314" put|strong="G2609" in|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Sidon|strong="G4605", where|strong="G1519" Julius|strong="G2457" treated|strong="G5530" Paul|strong="G3972" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" friendly manner, and|strong="G5037" allowed|strong="G2010" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" see his|strong="G1519" friends|strong="G5384" and|strong="G5037" receive|strong="G5177" their|strong="G1519" hospitality.
4 Putting to|strong="G1510" sea again, we|strong="G1510" sailed|strong="G5284" under|strong="G5284" the|strong="G1223" lee of|strong="G1223" Cyprus|strong="G2954", because|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1223" wind was|strong="G1510" against|strong="G1727" us;
5 and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G2596" crossing the|strong="G2532" sea|strong="G3989" of|strong="G2532" Cilicia|strong="G2791" and|strong="G2532" Pamphylia|strong="G3828", we|strong="G2532" reached|strong="G1519" Myra|strong="G3460" in|strong="G1519" Lycia|strong="G3073".
6 There|strong="G2546" the|strong="G1519" Roman officer found|strong="G2147" an|strong="G1519" Alexandrian ship|strong="G4143" on|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1519" way to|strong="G1519" Italy|strong="G2482", and|strong="G3588" put|strong="G1688" us|strong="G1519" on|strong="G1519" board of|strong="G3588" her|strong="G1519".
7 For|strong="G1161" several days|strong="G2250" our|strong="G2532" progress was|strong="G1096" slow, and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" only|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" difficulty|strong="G3433" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" arrived|strong="G1096" off|strong="G2596" Cnidus|strong="G2834". As|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" wind was|strong="G1096" still unfavourable when|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" came|strong="G1096" off|strong="G2596" Cape Salmone|strong="G4534", we|strong="G2249" sailed|strong="G5284" under|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" lee of|strong="G2250" Crete|strong="G2914",
8 and|strong="G5037" with|strong="G1519" difficulty|strong="G3433", by|strong="G5117" keeping close|strong="G1451" in|strong="G1519" shore, we|strong="G3739" reached|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" place|strong="G5117" called|strong="G2564" “Fair|strong="G2570" Havens,” near|strong="G1451" which|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1519" town|strong="G4172" of|strong="G5100" Lasea|strong="G2996".
9 This|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" taken a|strong="G2532" considerable|strong="G2425" time|strong="G5550", and|strong="G2532" sailing|strong="G4144" was|strong="G1510" already|strong="G2235" dangerous|strong="G2000", for|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" Fast|strong="G3521" was|strong="G1510" already|strong="G2235" over|strong="G3928"; and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" gave|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" warning.
10 ‘My|strong="G1473" friends,’ he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘I|strong="G1473" see|strong="G2334" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3588" voyage|strong="G4144" will|strong="G3195" be|strong="G1510" attended with|strong="G3326" injury and|strong="G2532" much|strong="G4183" damage|strong="G5196", not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" cargo|strong="G5413" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4143", but|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" own lives|strong="G5590" also|strong="G2532".’
11 The|strong="G2532" Roman officer, however|strong="G1161", was|strong="G3588" more|strong="G3123" influenced by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" captain|strong="G3490" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" owner than|strong="G2228" by|strong="G5259" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" by|strong="G5259" Paul|strong="G3972".
12 And|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" harbour was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G1410" a|strong="G2532" suitable|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" winter|strong="G3914" in|strong="G1519", the|strong="G2532" majority|strong="G4183" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" favour of|strong="G2532" continuing the|strong="G2532" voyage, in|strong="G1519" hope|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" being|strong="G5225" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G1519" reach|strong="G2658" Phoenix|strong="G5405", and|strong="G2532" winter|strong="G3914" there|strong="G2532". Phoenix|strong="G5405" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" Cretan harbour, open to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" north-east and|strong="G2532" south-east.
13 So|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1161" light wind|strong="G3558" sprang up from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" south|strong="G3558", thinking|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" found their|strong="G3588" opportunity, they|strong="G1161" weighed anchor and|strong="G1161" kept|strong="G2902" along|strong="G3881" the|strong="G1161" coast of|strong="G3588" Crete|strong="G2914", close in|strong="G1161" shore.
14 But|strong="G1161" shortly afterwards a|strong="G1161" hurricane came|strong="G3588" down|strong="G2596" on|strong="G2596" us|strong="G2564" off|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" land – a|strong="G1161" north-easter, as|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564".
15 The|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4143" was|strong="G3588" caught|strong="G4884" by|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" unable|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" keep|strong="G3361" her|strong="G3588" head to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" wind, so|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1929" way|strong="G1929" and|strong="G2532" let|strong="G1161" her|strong="G3588" drive|strong="G5342" before|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532".
16 Running|strong="G5295" under|strong="G5295" the|strong="G1161" lee of|strong="G5100" a|strong="G1096" small|strong="G3519" island|strong="G3519" called|strong="G2564" Cauda|strong="G2802", we|strong="G1161" only|strong="G3433" just|strong="G3588" managed to|strong="G1096" secure the|strong="G1161" ship’s boat|strong="G4627",
17 and|strong="G5037", after|strong="G3739" hoisting it|strong="G3739" on|strong="G1519" board, the|strong="G1519" men|strong="G3588" frapped the|strong="G1519" ship|strong="G4143". But|strong="G3361", afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G3588" being|strong="G3739" driven|strong="G5342" on|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Syrtis|strong="G4950" Sands, they|strong="G3588" lowered the|strong="G1519" yard, and|strong="G5037" then|strong="G5037" drifted.
18 So|strong="G1161" violently|strong="G4971" were|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" tossed about|strong="G4160" by|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" storm, that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" next|strong="G1836" day|strong="G1836" they|strong="G1161" began|strong="G1161" throwing the|strong="G1161" cargo|strong="G1546" overboard,
19 and|strong="G2532", on|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" following day|strong="G3588", threw|strong="G4496" out|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4143"’s tackle|strong="G4631" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" own hands.
20 As|strong="G1161" neither|strong="G3756" sun|strong="G2246" nor|strong="G3383" stars were|strong="G3588" visible for|strong="G1909" several|strong="G4183" days|strong="G2250", and|strong="G1161", as|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" gale still continued severe, all|strong="G3956" hope|strong="G1680" of|strong="G2250" our|strong="G3956" being|strong="G1161" saved|strong="G4982" was|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1909" last abandoned|strong="G4014".
21 It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" then|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" gone|strong="G5225" a|strong="G2532" long|strong="G4183" time|strong="G5119" without|strong="G3361" food, that|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972" came|strong="G2532" forward|strong="G2476", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘My|strong="G1722" friends, you|strong="G1722" should|strong="G1163" have|strong="G2532" listened to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" have|strong="G2532" sailed from|strong="G2532" Crete|strong="G2914" and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" incurred|strong="G2770" this|strong="G3778" injury and|strong="G2532" damage|strong="G5196".
22 Yet|strong="G2532", even|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510", I|strong="G2532" beg you|strong="G5210" not|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" lose courage|strong="G2114", for|strong="G1063" there|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" single life|strong="G5590" lost among|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" – only|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4143".
23 For|strong="G1063" last|strong="G3778" night|strong="G3571" an|strong="G2532" angel of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" belong|strong="G1510", and|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" serve|strong="G3000", stood|strong="G3936" by|strong="G3936" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" –
24 “Have|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3361" fear|strong="G5399", Paul|strong="G3972"; you|strong="G4771" must|strong="G1163" appear|strong="G3708" before|strong="G3936" the|strong="G2532" Emperor, and|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" himself has|strong="G2316" given|strong="G5483" you|strong="G4771" the|strong="G2532" lives of|strong="G2316" all|strong="G3956" your|strong="G2532" fellow voyagers.”
25 Therefore|strong="G1352", courage|strong="G2114", my|strong="G1473" friends! For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" believe|strong="G4100" God|strong="G2316", that|strong="G3754" everything will|strong="G2316" happen|strong="G1510" exactly|strong="G3779" as|strong="G2596" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" been|strong="G1510" told|strong="G2980".
26 We|strong="G2249" will|strong="G1473", however|strong="G1161", have|strong="G1473" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1163" driven on|strong="G1519" some|strong="G5100" island|strong="G3520".’
27 It|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096" now|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" fourteenth|strong="G5065" night|strong="G3571" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G1722" storm, and|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G3588" drifting about|strong="G5613" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Adriatic Sea, when|strong="G1161", about|strong="G5613" midnight|strong="G3319", the|strong="G1722" sailors|strong="G3492" began|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2596" suspect that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" drawing|strong="G1096" near|strong="G5561" land|strong="G5561".
28 So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" soundings|strong="G1001", and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" twenty|strong="G1501" fathoms|strong="G3712" of|strong="G2532" water. After|strong="G1161" waiting a|strong="G2532" little|strong="G1024", they|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" soundings|strong="G1001" again|strong="G3825", and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" fifteen|strong="G1178" fathoms|strong="G3712".
29 Then|strong="G5037", as|strong="G2596" they|strong="G5037" were|strong="G1096" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G2596" being|strong="G1096" driven on|strong="G1537" some|strong="G1537" rocky coast|strong="G2596", they|strong="G5037" let|strong="G1096" go four|strong="G5064" anchors from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" stern|strong="G4403", and|strong="G5037" longed for|strong="G1537" daylight|strong="G2250".
30 The|strong="G2532" sailors|strong="G3492" wanted|strong="G2212" to|strong="G1519" leave the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4143", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" lowered the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143", on|strong="G1519" pretence|strong="G4392" of|strong="G1537" running|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1537" anchors from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" bows,
31 when|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Roman officer and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3778", ‘Unless|strong="G1437" the|strong="G1722" sailors remain|strong="G3306" on|strong="G1722" board, you|strong="G5210" cannot|strong="G1410" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982".’
32 So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="G4757" cut|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ropes|strong="G4979" which|strong="G3588" held the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4627", and|strong="G2532" let|strong="G1439" her|strong="G1438" drift away|strong="G1601".
33 In|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1161" interval before|strong="G3588" daybreak|strong="G2250" Paul|strong="G3972" kept|strong="G3739" urging|strong="G3870" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" take|strong="G1096" something to|strong="G3004" eat.
34 So|strong="G1352" I|strong="G1063" beg|strong="G3870" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G4314" take|strong="G3335" something to|strong="G4314" eat; your|strong="G5212" safety depends on|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1063", for|strong="G1063" not|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2776" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G3778" lose even|strong="G1063" a|strong="G4314" hair|strong="G2359" of|strong="G2776" his|strong="G4314" head|strong="G2776".’
35 With|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" some|strong="G3588" bread, and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G1161" saying|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" thanksgiving to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" before|strong="G1799" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956", broke|strong="G2806" it|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" pieces, and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068";
36 and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" felt cheered and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" something to|strong="G2532" eat themselves.
37 There|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1722" seventy-six|strong="G1440" of|strong="G1722" us|strong="G1722" on|strong="G1722" board, all|strong="G3956" told.
38 After|strong="G1161" satisfying their|strong="G1519" hunger, they|strong="G1161" further lightened|strong="G2893" the|strong="G1519" ship|strong="G4143" by|strong="G1519" throwing|strong="G1544" the|strong="G1519" grain|strong="G4621" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" sea|strong="G2281".
39 When|strong="G3753" daylight|strong="G2250" came|strong="G1096", they|strong="G1161" could|strong="G1410" not|strong="G3756" make|strong="G1519" out|strong="G1096" what|strong="G3739" land|strong="G1093" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096", but|strong="G1161", observing|strong="G2657" a|strong="G2192" creek|strong="G2859" in|strong="G1519" which|strong="G3739" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096" a|strong="G2192" beach, they|strong="G1161" consulted|strong="G1011" as|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" whether|strong="G1487" they|strong="G1161" could|strong="G1410" run the|strong="G1519" ship|strong="G4143" safely into|strong="G1519" it|strong="G1161".
40 Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" cast|strong="G2532" off|strong="G4014", and|strong="G2532" abandoned|strong="G4014" the|strong="G2532" anchors, and|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532" time unlashed the|strong="G2532" gear of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" steering oars, hoisted the|strong="G2532" foresail to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" wind|strong="G4154", and|strong="G2532" made|strong="G2722" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" beach.
41 They|strong="G2532" got, however|strong="G1161", into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" kind of|strong="G5259" channel, and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G2027" the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4403" aground|strong="G2027". The|strong="G2532" bows stuck|strong="G2043" fast|strong="G2043" and|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" moved, while|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" stern|strong="G4403" began|strong="G1161" breaking|strong="G3089" up|strong="G1519" under|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" strain.
42 The|strong="G1161" advice of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G1161" soldiers|strong="G4757" was|strong="G1096" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1161" prisoners|strong="G1202" should|strong="G5100" be|strong="G1096" killed, so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" none|strong="G3361" of|strong="G5100" them|strong="G3588" could|strong="G3361" swim|strong="G1579" away|strong="G1579" and|strong="G1161" make|strong="G3361" their|strong="G3588" escape|strong="G1309".
43 But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Roman officer, anxious to|strong="G1909" save|strong="G1295" Paul|strong="G3972", prevented|strong="G2967" their|strong="G1438" carrying out|strong="G1438" their|strong="G1438" intention|strong="G1013", and|strong="G1161" ordered|strong="G2753" that|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" could|strong="G1410" swim|strong="G2860" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G1410" the|strong="G1161" first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G1909" jump into|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" sea and|strong="G1161" try to|strong="G1909" reach the|strong="G1161" shore|strong="G1093";
44 and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G3062" should|strong="G5100" follow|strong="G1161", some|strong="G5100" on|strong="G1909" planks|strong="G4548", and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3062" on|strong="G1909" different pieces of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4143". In|strong="G1909" these|strong="G3956" various|strong="G5100" ways everyone|strong="G3956" managed to|strong="G2532" get|strong="G1096" safely|strong="G1295" ashore|strong="G1093".