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Acts 27:21-32

21When manyπολλῆςpollēsG4183had lostὑπαρχούσηςhuparchousēsG5225G776their appetitesG776,PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972thenτότεtoteG5119stoodσταθεὶςstatheisG2476amongμέσῳmesōG3319them and saidG3004, “Menἄνδρες,andresG435,you shouldἜδειEdeiG1163have followedG3980my adviceG3980and not have setἀνάγεσθαιanagesthaiG321sailG321fromCreteΚρήτης,KrētēsG2914, and therebysparedκερδῆσαίkerdēsaiG2770yourselves thisταύτηνtautēnG3778damageὕβρινhubrinG5196and lossζημίαν.zēmianG2209.
22And yetnowνῦνnunG3568I urgeπαραινῶparainōG3867you tokeepG2114upG2114your courageεὐθυμεῖν·euthumeinG2114,for there will be noοὐδεμίαoudemiaG3762lossἀποβολὴapobolēG580of lifeψυχῆςpsuchēsG5590amongἐξexG1537you, but onlyof the shipπλοίου.ploiouG4143.
23For thisταύτῃtautēG3778verynightνυκτὶnuktiG3571an angelἄγγελοςangelosG32of the GodθεοῦtheouG2316to whomοὗhouG3739I belongεἰμιeimiG1510,whomᾧhōG3739I alsoκαὶkaiG2532serveλατρεύωlatreuōG3000,cameπαρέστηparestēG3936to me,
24sayingλέγων·legōnG3004, ‘Do not beG5399afraidG5399,PaulΠαῦλε,PauleG3972;you mustδεῖdeiG1163standπαραστῆναι,parastēnaiG3936beforeG3936CaesarΚαίσαρίKaisariG2541;and beholdἰδοὺidouG2400,GodθεὸςtheosG2316has graciouslyG5483grantedκεχάρισταίkecharistaiG5483youallπάνταςpantasG3956thoseG3588who are sailingπλέονταςpleontasG4126with you.’
25ThereforeδιὸdioG1352,keepG2114upG2114your courageεὐθυμεῖτεeuthumeiteG2114,menἄνδρες·andresG435,for I believeπιστεύωpisteuōG4100GodθεῷtheōG2316thatit will turnG1510outG1510exactlyοὕτως καθ᾽ τρόπονhoutōs kath᾽ troponG3779G2596G5158as I have been toldλελάληταίlelalētaiG2980.
26But we mustδεῖdeiG1163runG1601agroundG1601on a certainτιναtinaG5100islandνῆσονnēsonG3520.”
27But whenὩςHōsG5613the fourteenthτεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτηtessareskaidekatēG5065nightνὺξnuxG3571cameἐγένετοegenetoG1096,as we were being drivenG1308aboutG1308in the AdriaticἈδρίᾳ,AdriaG99Sea, aboutκατὰkataG2596midnightμέσον νυκτὸςmeson nuktosG3319G3571the sailorsναῦταιnautaiG3492beganto suspectὑπενόουνhupenoounG5282thatthey were approachingπροσάγεινprosageinG4317someτινὰtinaG5100landχώραν·chōranG5561.
28And they tookG1001soundingsG1001and foundεὗρονheuronG2147it to betwentyεἴκοσι,eikosiG1501fathomsὀργυιὰςorguiasG3712;and a littleβραχὺbrachuG1024fartherδιαστήσαντεςdiastēsantesG1339on they tookG1001anotherπάλινpalinG3825soundingG1001and foundεὗρονheuronG2147it to befifteenδεκαπέντε·dekapenteG1178fathomsὀργυιὰςorguiasG3712.
29FearingφοβούμενοίphoboumenoiG5399that we mightrunG1601agroundG1601somewhereG4225on therocksτραχεῖςtracheisG5138,they castῥίψαντεςrhipsantesG4496fourτέσσαραςtessarasG5064anchorsἀγκύραςagkurasG45from the sternπρύμνηςprumnēsG4403andprayedηὔχοντοēuchontoG2172for daybreakἡμέρανhēmeranG2250.
30But as the sailorsναυτῶνnautōnG3492were tryingζητούντωνzētountōnG2212to escapeφυγεῖνphugeinG5343from the shipπλοίουploiouG4143and had letG5465downG5465the ship’sboatσκάφηνskaphēnG4627into the seaθάλασσανthalassanG2281,on the pretenseπροφάσειprophaseiG4392that they wereG3195goingG3195toG3195layG1614outG1614anchorsἀγκύραςagkurasG45from the bowπρῴρηςprōrēsG4408,
31PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972saidG3004to the centurionἑκατοντάρχῃhekatontarchēG1543and the soldiersστρατιώταις·stratiōtaisG4757, “Unlessἐὰν μὴean mēG1437G3361theseG3778menG3778remainμείνωσινmeinōsinG3306on the shipπλοίῳ,ploiōG4143,you yourselvesὑμεῖςhumeisG4771cannotοὐ δύνασθε.ou dunastheG1410G3756be savedσωθῆναιsōthēnaiG4982.”
32ThenτότεtoteG5119the soldiersστρατιῶταιstratiōtaiG4757cutἀπέκοψανapekopsanG609awayG609theropesσχοινίαschoiniaG4979of the ship’sboatσκάφηςskaphēsG4627and letεἴασανeiasanG1439it fallἐκπεσεῖν.¶ekpeseinG1601awayG1601.
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