Acts 27
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Acts 27:9-13

9When considerableἱκανοῦhikanouG2425timeχρόνουchronouG5550had passedδιαγενομένουdiagenomenouG1230and the voyageπλοὸςploosG4144was nowἤδηēdēG2235dangerousἐπισφαλοῦςepisphalousG2000,sinceδιὰdiaG1223evenG2532thefastνηστείανnēsteianG3521was alreadyἤδηēdēG2235overπαρεληλυθέναι,parelēluthenaiG3928,PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972beganto admonishπαρῄνειparēneiG3867them,
10and saidλέγωνlegōnG3004to them, “Menἄνδρες,andresG435,I perceiveθεωρῶtheōrōG2334that the voyageπλοῦν.plounG4144willG3195certainlyG3195be withdamageὕβρεωςhubreōsG5196and greatπολλῆςpollēsG4183lossζημίαςzēmiasG2209,not onlyG3440of the cargoφορτίουphortiouG5413and the shipπλοίουploiouG4143,but alsoG2532of our livesψυχῶνpsuchōnG5590.”
11But the centurionἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchēsG1543was moreμᾶλλονmallonG3123persuadedἐπείθετοepeithetoG3982by thepilotκυβερνήτῃkubernētēG2942and thecaptainG3490of the shipG3490thanἢēG2228by what was being saidλεγομένοις.¶legomenoisG3004by PaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972.
12Because the harborλιμένοςlimenosG3040was not suitableἈνευθέτουAneuthetouG428for winteringπαραχειμασίανparacheimasianG3915,the majorityG4183reachedἔθεντοethentoG5087a decisionβουλὴνboulēnG1012to putG321out to seaG321from thereἐκεῖθεν,ekeithenG1564,ifεἴeiG1487somehowπωςpōsG4458they couldδύναιντοdunaintoG1410reachκαταντήσαντεςkatantēsantesG2658PhoenixΦοίνικαPhoinikaG5405,a harborλιμέναlimenaG3040ofCreteΚρήτηςKrētēsG2914,facingβλέπονταblepontaG991southwestλίβαlibaG3047and northwestχῶρον.¶chōronG5566,and spendG3914the winterπαραχειμάσαιparacheimasaiG3914there.
13When a moderateG5285southνότουnotouG3558windG3558cameG5285up, supposingδόξαντεςdoxantesG1380that they had attainedκεκρατηκέναι,kekratēkenaiG2902their purposeπροθέσεωςprotheseōsG4286,they weighedG142anchorG142and begansailingG3881alongG3881CreteΚρήτην.KrētēnG2914,closeἆσσονassonG788inshore.
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