1When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

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Acts 25:25, Acts 25:25, Acts 10:1, Acts 25:12, Acts 10:1

2Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

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Acts 19:29, Acts 19:29, Philemon 1:24, Colossians 4:10, Philemon 1:24

3The next day, we landed at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

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Acts 24:23, Acts 24:23, Acts 28:16, Acts 28:16, Acts 27:43

4Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

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Acts 4:36, Acts 4:36, Acts 11:19, Acts 11:20, Acts 15:39

5When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

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Acts 6:9, Acts 6:9, Acts 13:13, Acts 13:13, Acts 2:10

6There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.

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Acts 28:11, Acts 28:11, Acts 18:24, Acts 6:9, Acts 27:1

7When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

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Acts 27:21, Acts 27:21, Titus 1:5, Acts 27:12, Acts 27:13

8With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

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9When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them,

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Numbers 29:7, Leviticus 23:27, Leviticus 23:29, Numbers 29:7, Leviticus 23:27

10and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."

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Amos 3:7, Acts 27:20, Acts 27:26, Acts 27:41, Acts 27:44

11But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.

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Ezekiel 33:4, Ezekiel 33:4, Hebrews 11:7, Ezekiel 3:17, Ezekiel 3:18

12Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.

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Psalms 107:30, Acts 27:8, Psalms 107:30, Acts 27:8

13When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.

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Luke 12:55, Song of Solomon 4:16, Psalms 78:26, Job 37:17, Luke 12:55

14But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called Euraquilo.

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Mark 4:37, Mark 4:37, Psalms 107:25, Psalms 107:27, Psalms 107:25

15When the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.

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Acts 27:27, James 3:4, Acts 27:27, James 3:4

16Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.

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17After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.

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Acts 27:29, Acts 27:29, Acts 27:26, Acts 27:41, Acts 27:26

18As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

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Jonah 1:5, Jonah 1:5, Acts 27:38, Acts 27:38, Hebrews 12:1

19On the third day, they threw out the ship's tackle with their own hands.

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Job 2:4, Job 2:4, Luke 9:24, Luke 9:25, Jonah 1:5

20When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.

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Matthew 8:24, Matthew 8:25, Matthew 24:29, Matthew 8:24, Matthew 8:25

21When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, "Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.

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Genesis 42:22, Psalms 107:5, Psalms 107:6, Genesis 42:22, Psalms 107:5

22Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

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Acts 27:25, Acts 27:36, 2 Corinthians 4:8, 2 Corinthians 4:9, Acts 27:25

23For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

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Acts 23:11, Acts 23:11, 2 Timothy 4:17, Acts 5:19, Hebrews 1:14

24saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'

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Acts 23:11, Acts 23:11, 2 Timothy 4:16, 2 Timothy 4:17, Matthew 10:28

25Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

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Romans 4:20, Romans 4:21, Romans 4:20, Romans 4:21, Luke 1:45

26But we must run aground on a certain island."

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Acts 28:1, Acts 28:1, Acts 27:17, Acts 27:17, Acts 27:29

27But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.

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Jonah 1:6, Acts 27:30, 1 Kings 9:27, Revelation 18:17, Jonah 1:6

28They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.

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29Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.

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Acts 27:17, Acts 27:17, Hebrews 6:19, Hebrews 6:19, Acts 27:30

30As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,

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Acts 27:16, Acts 27:16, Acts 27:32, Acts 27:32

31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved."

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2 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:14, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:14, Jeremiah 29:11

32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.

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Philippians 3:7, Philippians 3:9, Philippians 3:7, Philippians 3:9, Luke 16:8

33While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.

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34Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads."

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Matthew 10:30, Matthew 10:30, 1 Kings 1:52, 1 Kings 1:52, Luke 21:18

35When he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it, and began to eat.

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Matthew 15:36, Matthew 15:36, 1 Corinthians 10:30, 1 Corinthians 10:31, 2 Timothy 1:8

36Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.

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2 Corinthians 1:4, 2 Corinthians 1:6, 2 Corinthians 1:4, 2 Corinthians 1:6, Acts 27:22

37In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.

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Acts 2:41, Acts 2:41, Acts 7:14, Romans 13:1, 1 Peter 3:20

38When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

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Jonah 1:5, Jonah 1:5, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 16:26, Acts 27:18

39When it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.

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Acts 28:1, Acts 28:1

40Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

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Isaiah 33:23, Acts 27:29, Acts 27:30, Isaiah 33:23, Acts 27:29

41But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.

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2 Corinthians 11:25, 2 Corinthians 11:26, Ezekiel 27:26, 2 Corinthians 11:25, 2 Corinthians 11:26

42The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.

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Acts 12:19, Ecclesiastes 9:3, Psalms 74:20, Proverbs 12:10, Luke 23:40

43But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

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Acts 27:3, Acts 27:3, Proverbs 16:7, Proverbs 16:7, Acts 23:10

44and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So it happened that they all escaped safely to the land.

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Acts 27:22, Acts 27:22, Psalms 107:28, Psalms 107:30, Psalms 107:28