1When it was decided that 1we 2would sail for 3Italy, they proceeded to deliverPaul and someotherprisoners to a centurion of the Augustan4cohortnamedJulius.
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And embarking in an Adramyttianship, which was about to sail to the regionsalong the coast of 5Asia, we put out to seaaccompanied* by 6Aristarchus, a 7Macedonian of 8Thessalonica.
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The next day we put in at 9Sidon; and Julius10treatedPaul with consideration and 11allowed him to go to his friends and receivecare.
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From there we put out to sea and sailedunder the shelter of 12Cyprusbecause13the winds were contrary.
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When we had sailedthrough the seaalong the coast of 14Cilicia and 15Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.
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There the centurionfound an 16Alexandrianshipsailing for 17Italy, and he put us aboard it.
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When we had sailedslowly for a goodmanydays, and with difficulty had arrivedoffCnidus, 18since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailedunder the shelter of 19Crete, offSalmone;
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and with difficulty20sailingpast it we came to a placecalledFairHavens, nearwhich was the city of Lasea.
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When considerabletime had passed and the voyage was nowdangerous, sinceeven21the fast was alreadyover, Paul began to admonish them,
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and said to them, "Men, I perceive that the voyagewillcertainly be with 22damage and greatloss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."
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But the centurion was morepersuaded by the 23pilot and the captain of the shipthan by what was being said by Paul.
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Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majorityreached a decision to put out to sea from there, ifsomehow they couldreachPhoenix, a harbor of 24Crete, facingsouthwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.
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When a moderatesouthwindcame up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighedanchor and began 25sailingalong26Crete, close inshore.
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14 But before*verylong there 27rusheddown from the land a violentwind, calledEuraquilo;
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and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gaveway to it and let ourselves be driven along.
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Runningunder the shelter of a smallislandcalledClauda, we were scarcelyable to get the ship's boatundercontrol.
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After they had hoisted it up, they usedsupportingcables in undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might 28runaground on the shallows of Syrtis, they letdown the seaanchor and in thisway let themselves be driven along.
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The next day as we were being violentlystorm-tossed, they began to 29jettison the cargo;
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and on the third day they threw the ship'stackle overboard with their ownhands.
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Since neithersunnorstarsappeared for manydays, and nosmallstorm was assailing us, from then on allhope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.
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When they had gone a longtimewithoutfood, thenPaulstood up in their midst and said, "30Men, you ought to have followed my advice and not to have setsail from 31Crete and incurredthis32damage and loss.
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"Yet now I urge you to 33keep up your courage, for there will be noloss of lifeamong you, but only of the ship.
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"For this very night34an angel of the God to whom I belong and 35whom I serve36stoodbefore me,
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saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; 37you muststandbeforeCaesar; and behold, God has granted you 38allthose who are sailing with you.'
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"Therefore, 39keep up your courage, men, for I believeGod that it will turn out exactly** as I have been told.
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"But we must40runaground on a certain41island."
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But when the fourteenthnightcame, as we were being drivenabout in the Adriatic Sea, aboutmidnight* the sailors began to surmise that they were approachingsomeland.
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They tooksoundings and found it to be twentyfathoms; and a littlefarther on they tookanothersounding and found it to be fifteenfathoms.