Acts 27:16-26

16 Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship's boat under control.

17 After they had hoisted it up, they used supporting cables in undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might ¹run aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they let down the sea anchor and in this way let themselves be driven along.

18 The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to ²jettison the cargo;

19 and on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.

20 Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.

21 When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up in their midst and said, "³Men, you ought to have followed my advice and not to have set sail from ⁴Crete and incurred this ⁵damage and loss.

22 "Yet now I urge you to ⁶keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

23 "For this very night ⁷an angel of the God to whom I belong and ⁸whom I serve ⁹stood before me,

24 saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; ¹⁰you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you ¹¹all those who are sailing with you.'

25 "Therefore, ¹²keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly * * as I have been told.

26 "But we must ¹³run aground on a certain ¹⁴island."

Cross References

• 1. Acts 27:26, 29
• 2. Jonah 1:5; Acts 27:38
• 3. Acts 27:10
• 4. Acts 27:7
• 5. Acts 27:10
• 6. Acts 27:25, 36
• 7. Acts 5:19
• 8. Romans 1:9
• 9. Acts 18:9; Acts 23:11; 2 Timothy 4:17
• 10. Acts 23:11
• 11. Acts 27:31, 42, 44
• 12. Acts 27:22, 36
• 13. Acts 27:17, 29
• 14. Acts 28:1

Footnotes

• [a] Or "skiff:" a small boat in tow or carried on board for emergency use, transportation to and from shore, etc.
• [b] Lit "helps"
• [c] Or "gear"
• [d] Lit "they were doing a throwing out"
• [e] Lit "there being much abstinence from food"
• [f] Lit "obeyed me"
• [g] Lit "gained"
• [h] Lit "it will be"