Acts 27:12-20

12SinceG1161 theG3588 harborG3040 wasG5225 unsuitableG428 toG4314 winter inG3915, theG3588 majorityG4119 decidedG5087G1012 to sailG321 onG1564, hoping thatG1487 somehowG4459 they couldG1410 reachG2658G1519 PhoenixG5405 to winterG3914 there. Phoenix was a harborG3040 in CreteG2914 facingG991 both southwestG3047 andG2532 northwestG5566.

13When a gentle south windG3558 began to blowG5285, they thoughtG1380 they hadG2902 their opportunityG4286. So they weighedG142 anchor and sailed alongG3881, hugging the coastG788 of CreteG2914. 14ButG1161 it was notG3756 longG4183 before a cycloneG5189G417 calledG2564 the NortheasterG2148 sweptG906 down acrossG2596 the island. 15UnableG3361G1410 to head intoG503 theG3588 windG417, theG3588 shipG4143 was caught upG4884. So we gave wayG1929 and let ourselves be driven alongG5342.

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Passing to the leeG5295 of a smallG5100 islandG3519 calledG2564 CaudaG2802,1 we barely managedG2480G3433 to secureG1096G4031 theG3588 lifeboatG4627. 17After hoisting it upG142, the crew usedG5530 ropesG996 to undergirdG5269 theG3588 shipG4143. AndG5037 fearingG5399 thatG3361 they would run agroundG1601 onG1519 theG3588 sandbars of SyrtisG4950, they loweredG5465 theG3588 sea anchorG46322 and were driven alongG5342.

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WeG1473 were tossed soG5492 violentlyG4971 that theG3588 nextG1836 day the men beganG4160 to jettison the cargoG1546. 19On theG3588 thirdG5154 day, they threwG4496 theG3588 ship’sG3588G4143 tackle overboardG4631 with their own handsG849. 20When neitherG3383 sunG2246 norG3383 starsG798 appearedG2014 forG1909 manyG4119 daysG2250 andG5037 the great stormG5494 continued to batter usG1945, we abandonedG4014 allG3956 hopeG1680 ofG1473 being savedG4982.