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And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose,loosing thence, they sailed close byCrete.
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Butnotlongafter there arose[a]againstit a tempestuouswind,calledEuroclydon.
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And when the ship was caught, andcouldnot bear up into the wind, we let her drive*.
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And running under a certainisland which is calledClauda, we hadmuchwork to come by* the boat:
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Which when they had taken up, they usedhelps,undergirding the ship;and,fearinglest they should fallinto the quicksands,strakesail, and so were driven.
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Andwe being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship*;
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And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
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And when neithersunnorstarsinmanydaysappeared, andnosmalltempest lay on us, allhope that we should be savedwasthen taken away.
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Butafterlongabstinence*Paul stood forthin the midst of them, and said, Sirs*, ye should* have hearkened unto me, and not have loosedfromCrete,and to have gainedthisharmandloss.
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Andnow I exhortyou to be of good cheer: for there shall benoloss of any man's lifeamongyou,but of the ship.
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For there stood bymethisnight the angel of God,whose I am, andwhom I serve,