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And when it was determined that we should sail toward Italia, they handed over Paulos and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, from the Augustan Cohort.
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And boarding a ship of Adramyttium about to sail to the places along Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchos, a Macedonian from Thessalonike, being with us.
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And on the next day we landed at Tzidon. And Julius, treating Paulos kindly, permitted him to go to his friends and receive care.
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And putting to sea from there, we sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
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And crossing the sea along Qilikia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra of Lykia.
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And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing toward Italia and placed us aboard it.
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And sailing slowly for many days and coming with difficulty opposite Knidos, the wind not allowing us, we sailed under the shelter of Crete opposite Salmone.
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And passing it with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
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And when much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because even the Fast had already passed, Paulos advised them,
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saying: “Ishim, I perceive that the voyage is about to be with injury and great loss, not only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives.”
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But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the shipmaster than by the things spoken by Paulos.
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And because the harbor was unsuitable for wintering, the majority gave counsel to set sail from there, if somehow they might reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and winter there.
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And when a gentle south wind began blowing, supposing they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed close along Crete.
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But not long afterward a violent wind called the Northeaster rushed down from the island.
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And the ship being seized and unable to face the wind, we gave way and were driven.
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And running under the shelter of a small island called Kauda, we were barely able to secure the small boat.
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And after hoisting it up, they used supports, undergirding the ship. And fearing that they would run aground upon the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and so were driven.
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And as we were being violently tossed by the storm, on the next day they began throwing cargo overboard.
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And on the third day, with their own hands they threw the ship’s equipment overboard.
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And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm lay upon us, all hope of our being delivered was finally being taken away.
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And after they had gone a long time without food, then Paulos, standing in their midst, said: “Ishim, you should have listened to me and not set sail from Crete and gained this injury and loss.
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And now I urge you to take courage, for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
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For this night there stood beside me a messenger of the Elohim whose I am and whom I serve,
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saying: ‘Do not fear, Paulos. You must stand before Caesar. And see— Elohim has granted to you all those sailing with you.’
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Therefore, ishim, take courage, for I trust Elohim that it shall be just as it was spoken to me.
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But we must run aground upon a certain island.”
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And when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven through the Adriatic Sea, around midnight the sailors suspected that some land was approaching.
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And taking soundings, they found twenty fathoms. And after going a little farther, again taking soundings, they found fifteen fathoms.
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And fearing that we might run aground upon rocky places, they cast four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.
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But as the sailors were seeking to flee from the ship and lowered the small boat into the sea under pretense of intending to cast anchors from the bow,
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Paulos said to the centurion and soldiers: “Unless these remain in the ship, you are not able to be delivered.”
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Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the small boat and allowed it to fall away.
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And until day was about to come, Paulos urged everyone to take food, saying: “Today is the fourteenth day you have continued waiting without food, having taken nothing.
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Therefore I urge you to take food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you shall perish.”
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And having said these things, he took bread, gave thanks to Elohim before everyone, broke it, and began to eat.
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And all became encouraged and themselves also took food.
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And we were in all two hundred and seventy-six beings in the ship.
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And having eaten enough food, they lightened the ship, throwing the wheat into the sea.
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And when day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay having a beach, upon which they planned, if possible, to run the ship aground.
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And cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes of the rudders. And raising the foresail to the wind, they headed toward the beach.
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But striking a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground. And the bow stuck and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken by the force of the waves.
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And the counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone swim away and escape.
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But the centurion, desiring to preserve Paulos, prevented them from their purpose and commanded those able to swim to cast themselves overboard first and go toward the land,
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and the rest, some upon boards and others upon pieces from the ship. And so it came to pass that all were brought safely to the land.