Acts 27:16-40

16RunningG5295 underG5295 theG5295 shelterG5295 of a smallG3519 islandG3519 calledG2564 CaudaG2802, we wereG2480 ableG2480 to getG1096 the ship’s 1boatG4627 underG4031 controlG4031 only withG3433 difficultyG3433. 17After they had hoistedG142 it upG142, they usedG5530 2supportingG996 cablesG996 in undergirdingG5269 the shipG4143; and fearingG5399 that they might 3runG1601 agroundG1601 on the shallows of SyrtisG4950, they letG5465 downG5465 the 4seaG4632 anchorG4632 and let themselves be drivenG5342 along inG3779 thisG3779 wayG3779. 18The nextG1836 day as we were being violentlyG4971 tossedG5492 byG5492 the stormG5492, 5they began to 6jettisonG1546 theG1546 cargoG1546; 19and on the thirdG5154 day they threwG4496 the ship’sG4143 tackleG4631 overboard with their ownG849 handsG849. 20Since neitherG3383 sunG2246 norG3383 starsG798 appearedG2014 for manyG4183 daysG2250, and noG3756 smallG3641 stormG5494 was assailingG1945 us, fromG3062 thenG3062 onG3062 allG3956 hopeG1680 of our being savedG4982 was slowly abandonedG4014.

217When manyG4183 had lostG5225G776 their appetitesG776, PaulG3972 thenG5119 stoodG2476 amongG3319 them and saidG3004, “89MenG435, you shouldG1163 have followedG3980 my adviceG3980 and not have setG321 sailG321 from 10CreteG2914, and thereby sparedG2770 yourselves thisG3778 11damageG5196 and lossG2209. 22And yet nowG3568 I urgeG3867 you to 12keepG2114 upG2114 your courageG2114, for there will be noG3762 lossG580 of lifeG5590 amongG1537 you, but only of the shipG4143. 23For thisG3778 very nightG3571 13an angelG32 of the GodG2316 to whomG3739 I belongG1510, 14whomG3739 I alsoG2532 serveG3000, 15cameG3936 to me, 24sayingG3004, ‘Do not beG5399 afraidG5399, PaulG3972; 16you mustG1163 standG3936 beforeG3936 CaesarG2541; and beholdG2400, GodG2316 has graciouslyG5483 grantedG5483 you 17allG3956 thoseG3588 who are sailingG4126 with you.’ 25ThereforeG1352, 18keepG2114 upG2114 your courageG2114, menG435, for I believeG4100 GodG2316 that 19it will turnG1510 outG1510 exactlyG3779G2596G5158 as I have been toldG2980. 26But we mustG1163 20runG1601 agroundG1601 on a certainG5100 21islandG3520.”

27But whenG5613 the fourteenthG5065 nightG3571 cameG1096, as we were being drivenG1308 aboutG1308 in the AdriaticG99 Sea, aboutG2596 midnightG3319G3571 the sailorsG3492 began to suspectG5282 that 22they were approachingG4317 someG5100 landG5561. 28And they tookG1001 soundingsG1001 and foundG2147 it to be twentyG1501 fathomsG3712; and a littleG1024 fartherG1339 on they tookG1001 anotherG3825 soundingG1001 and foundG2147 it to be fifteenG1178 fathomsG3712. 29FearingG5399 that we might 23runG1601 agroundG1601 somewhereG4225 on the 24rocksG5138, they castG4496 fourG5064 anchorsG45 from the sternG4403 and 25prayedG2172 for daybreakG2250. 30But as the sailorsG3492 were tryingG2212 to escapeG5343 from the shipG4143 and had letG5465 downG5465 26the ship’s boatG4627 into the seaG2281, on the pretenseG4392 that they wereG3195 goingG3195 toG3195 layG1614 outG1614 anchorsG45 from the bowG4408, 31PaulG3972 saidG3004 to the centurionG1543 and the soldiersG4757, “UnlessG1437G3361 theseG3778 menG3778 remainG3306 on the shipG4143, you yourselvesG4771 cannotG1410G3756 be savedG4982.” 32ThenG5119 the soldiersG4757 cutG609 awayG609 the 27ropesG4979 of the ship’s boatG4627 and letG1439 it fallG1601 awayG1601.

33UntilG891 the dayG2250 wasG3195 aboutG3195 toG3195 dawnG1096, PaulG3972 kept encouragingG3870 them allG537 to takeG3335 some foodG5160, sayingG3004, “TodayG4594 is the fourteenthG5065 dayG2250 that you have been constantlyG1300 watchingG4328 and going withoutG777 eatingG777, having takenG4355 inG4355 nothingG3367. 34ThereforeG1352, I encourageG3870 you to takeG3335 some foodG5160, for thisG3778 is for your survivalG4991, for 28not a hairG2359 from the headG2776 of anyG3762 of you will perishG622.” 35Having saidG3004 thisG3778, he tookG2983 breadG740 and 29gaveG2168 thanksG2168 to GodG2316 inG1799 theG1799 presenceG1799 ofG1799 them allG3956, and he brokeG2806 it and beganG757 to eatG2068. 36AllG3956 30of them 31were encouragedG2115 and they themselvesG846 also tookG4355 foodG5160. 37We were 276G1250G1440G1803 3233peopleG5590 on the shipG4143 in allG3956. 38When they had eatenG2880G5160 enoughG2880, they began lighteningG2893 the shipG4143 by 34throwingG1544 the wheatG4621 outG1544 into the seaG2281.

39NowG1161 whenG3753 dayG2250 cameG1096, 35they 36could not recognizeG1921 the landG1093; but they did noticeG2657 a bayG2859 with a beachG123, and they resolvedG1011 to runG1856 the shipG4143 ontoG1856 it ifG1487 they couldG1410. 40And castingG4014 offG4014 37the anchorsG45, they leftG1439 them in the seaG2281 while at the sameG260 timeG260 they were looseningG447 the ropesG2202 of the ruddersG4079; and they hoistedG1869 the foresailG736 to the windG4154 and were headingG2722 for the beachG123.