13
And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained
their purpose, raising
sails, they sailed close by Crete.
14
But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. {devastating cold north wind from Europe}
15
And when the ship was caught up
by it and could not resist against the wind,
the ship was taken by
the wind and drifted.
16
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat,
17
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into Syrtis, {or the sandbanks}, struck sail and so were driven.
18
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next
day they lightened the ship;
19
and the third
day with our own hands we cast off the dead works of the ship.
20
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared and no small tempest lay on
us, all hope that we should be saved was then lost.
21
Then after long abstinence, Paul stood forth in the midst of them and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me and not have loosed from Crete to have avoided this harm and loss.
22
And now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of any person’s life among you, but only of the ship.
23
For the angel of God stood by me this night, whose I am and whom I serve,