1 After it had been decided that we were to sail to Italy, they handed Paul and some other prisoners {desmotas: people in chains} over to a centurion named Julius of the Augustan Cohort {speires: Roman military unit}.
2 We boarded an Adramyttian {Adramyttenos: from Adramyttium} ship {ploion: seafaring vessel} bound for the regions along Asia, and we set sail with Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica.
3 On the next day we reached Sidon, and Julius, having treated Paul kindly {philanthropos: showing humane kindness}, allowed him to go to his friends to receive care {epimeleias: attentive help}.
4 From there we set sail, keeping close under {hupepleusamen: along sheltered side} Cyprus, because the winds {anemous: strong gusts} were against us.
5 After we had sailed through the sea {pelagos: open waters} along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down to Myra in Lycia {Lykia: coastal region}.
6 There the centurion {hekatontarches: commander of hundred} came upon an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy and put us aboard {enebibasen: placed aboard}.
7 After many days of slow progress and with difficulty {molis: hard sailing} arriving off Cnidus, since the wind would not permit us, we sailed under the shelter of Crete near Salmone {Salmone: eastern cape}.
8 Passing {paralegomenoi: sailing close by} it with difficulty {molis: hard sailing}, we reached a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
9 After considerable time had passed and the voyage was already becoming dangerous because the Fast {nesteia: Day of Atonement} had already gone by, Paul {Paulos: apostolic leader} began to advise them.
10 He said to them, “Men, I perceive that the voyage {plous: sea journey} is going to involve hardship and great loss—not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives {psyche: inner life}.”
11 But the centurion {hekatontarches: Roman officer} was more persuaded by the pilot and the shipowner than by the words of Paul {Paulos: Gospel witness}.
12 Since the harbor was unsuitable for wintering, the majority {hoi pleiones: leading group} decided to depart from there, hoping that somehow they might reach Phoenix and winter there—a harbor of Crete facing {bleponta: toward sea routes} the southwest and the northwest.
13 When the south wind began to blow gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose {prothesis: intended plan}, they weighed anchor and sailed along close to Crete {Krete: island in the Mediterranean}.
14 But after a short time, a violent wind {anemos: sudden gale} called Eurakylon {Eurakylon: named sea storm} came down upon it.
15 When the ship {ploiou: large sea vessel} was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way {epidontes: yielded control} and were carried along.
16 And running under a small island {nesion: minor island} called Cauda, we were barely {molis: with difficulty} able to gain control of the boat.
17 Having hoisted the boat, they applied supports {boetheiais: emergency cables} beneath the hull to undergird the vessel; and, fearing they might run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear {skeuos: ship’s tackle}, and so they were driven along.
18 But as we were being violently storm-tossed {kheimazomenōn: suffering severe winds}, on the next day they began to jettison the cargo {ekbolēn: throwing goods overboard}.
19 On the third {trite: in sequence order} day, they discarded the ship’s equipment {skeuen: sailing gear} into the sea with their own hands.
20 For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and no small storm {cheimon: violent tempest} pressed upon us; in the end all hope {elpis: confident expectation} that we would be saved was taken away.
21 After a great lack of food had set in, Paul stood in their midst and said, “Men, you ought to have obeyed me by not setting sail from Crete, so that you would have avoided this injury {hybris: severe hardship} and this loss {zemia: material damage}.”
22 Yet now I urge you to be of good courage {euthymein: steady inner confidence}, because there will be no loss of life among you, except for the ship {ploion: sea vessel}.
23 For this night an angel {angelos: heavenly messenger} of God {Theos, Faithful Protector} stood beside me—God to whom I belong and whom I also serve.
24 He said, “Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar, and behold, God {Theos, Sovereign Protector} has graciously granted you all those sailing {pleō: journeying by ship} with you.”
25 Therefore, be of good cheer, men, for I believe God {Theos, Trustworthy Promise-Giver} that it will happen just as it has been spoken {lelaletai: perfectly declared} to me.
26 Nevertheless, it is necessary for us to run aground {ekpesein: hit shallow coast} on a certain island {neson: sea-bound land}.
27 When the fourteenth night arrived, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic {Adria: ancient sea region}, near the middle of the night the sailors began to suspect that land {chora: unfamiliar shore} was drawing near.
28 They took a sounding and found twenty fathoms; then after advancing a little farther {diastesantes: moved ahead}, they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms {orgyias: ancient depth unit}.
29 Fearing that we might run aground on rough places, they cast four anchors {ankyras: heavy sea-holding gear} from the stern {prumnes: rear section} and kept praying for day to come.
30 But the sailors {nautes: seafaring crewmen} were seeking to flee from the ship; they lowered the boat into the sea under pretense, as if they were about to let down anchors from the bow {prora: front of vessel}.
31 Paul said to the centurion {hekatontarches: Roman army officer} and to the soldiers, “If these men do not remain in the ship, you are not able to be saved {sōthēnai: rescued from danger}.”
32 Then the soldiers {stratiotai: Roman guards} cut off the ropes {schoinia: braided mooring lines} of the boat and let it drift away.
33 As the new day was on the verge of dawning, Paul {Paulos: Apostolic Encourager} urged them all to eat {trophes: sustaining nourishment}, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have endured suspense and gone without food, taking nothing.”
34 Therefore I urge you to partake of food, for this is for your preservation {soteria: deliverance and preservation}; for not a hair {thrix: individual strand} from the head of any of you will perish.
35 After he said these things, he took bread {artos: basic nourishment}, gave thanks to God {theos, Acknowledged Provider} before them all, and after breaking it, he began to eat.
36 Then they all became cheerful {euthymoi: inwardly encouraged}, and they themselves also took some food {trophes: sustaining nourishment}.
37 Now we were in all two hundred seventy-six souls {psuchai: living persons} in the ship {ploio: sea vessel}.
38 And when they had been satisfied with food, they began to lighten the ship {ploion: sea vessel} by throwing out the wheat {siton: grain cargo} into the sea.
39 When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay {kolpos: small coastal inlet} with a shore, and they planned, if they might be able, to run the ship aground {exosai: beach the vessel} there.
40 After cutting away the anchors {ankyra: heavy stabilizing gear}, they left them in the sea; at the same time, having loosened the rudder fastenings and hoisted the foresail to the blowing wind, they made for the beach {aigialos: sloping sandy shoreline}.
41 But after falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; the bow {prora: ship's front} stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the force {bias: violent power}.
42 The soldiers’ plan {boule: calculated resolve} was to kill the prisoners so that none would escape by swimming out {ekkolymbesas: escaping by sea}.
43 But the centurion {hekatontarches: Roman military officer}, intent on rescuing Paul, stopped their plan and ordered those able to swim to cast themselves into the water first and reach the shore {gen: coastal land}.
44 And the rest {loipous: those left behind} did so, some on boards and others on pieces from the ship; and in this way all were saved entirely {diasōthēnai: rescued completely} onto the land.