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GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 And when it was determined that he should sail into Italy and that Paul, with the other prisoners, should be delivered to a centurion, named Julius, of the band Augusta,
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When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were turned over to an army officer. His name was Julius, and he belonged to the emperor's division.
2 Going on board a ship of Adrumetum, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia, Aristarchus, the Macedonian of Thessalonica, continuing with us.
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We set sail on a ship from the city of Adramyttium. The ship was going to stop at ports on the coast of the province of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from the city of Thessalonica, went with us.
3 And the day following, we came to Sidon. And Julius, treating Paul courteously, permitted him to go to his friends and to take care of himself.
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The next day we arrived at the city of Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to visit his friends and receive any care he needed.
4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
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Leaving Sidon, we sailed on the northern side of the island of Cyprus because we were traveling against the wind.
5 And sailing over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Lystra, which is in Lycia.
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We sailed along the coast of the provinces of Cilicia and Pamphylia and arrived at the city of Myra in the province of Lycia.
6 And there, the centurion, finding a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy, removed us into it.
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In Myra the officer found a ship from Alexandria that was on its way to Italy and put us on it.
7 And when for many days we had sailed slowly and were scarce come over against Gnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed near Crete by Salmone.
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We were sailing slowly for a number of days. Our difficulties began along the coast of the city of Cnidus because the wind would not let us go further. So at Cape Salmone, we started to sail for the south side of the island of Crete.
8 And with much ado sailing by it, we came into a certain place, which is called Good-havens, nigh to which was the city of Thalassa.
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We had difficulty sailing along the shore of Crete. We finally came to a port called Fair Harbors. The port was near the city of Lasea.
9 And when much time was spent and when sailing now was dangerous, because the fast was now past, Paul comforted them,
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We had lost so much time that the day of fasting had already past. Sailing was now dangerous, so Paul advised them,
10 Saying to them: Ye men, I see that the voyage beginneth to be with injury and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
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"Men, we're going to face a disaster and heavy losses on this voyage. This disaster will cause damage to the cargo and the ship, and it will affect our lives."
11 But the centurion believed the pilot and the master of the ship, more than those things which were said by Paul.
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However, the officer was persuaded by what the pilot and the owner of the ship said and not by what Paul said.
12 And whereas it was not a commodious haven to winter in, the greatest part gave counsel to sail thence, if by any means they might reach Phenice, to winter there, which is a haven of Crete, looking towards the southwest and northwest.
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Since the harbor was not a good place to spend the winter, most of the men decided to sail from there. They hoped to reach the city of Phoenix somehow and spend the winter there. (Phoenix is a harbor that faces the southwest and northwest winds and is located on the island of Crete.)
13 And the south wind gently blowing, thinking that they had obtained their purpose, when they had loosed from Asson, they sailed close by Crete.
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When a gentle breeze began to blow from the south, the men thought their plan would work. They raised the anchor and sailed close to the shore of Crete.
14 But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroaquilo.
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Soon a powerful wind (called a northeaster) blew from the island.
15 And when the ship was caught and could not bear up against the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven.
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The wind carried the ship away, and we couldn't sail against the wind. We couldn't do anything, so we were carried along by the wind.
16 And running under a certain island that is called Cauda, we had much work to come by the boat.
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As we drifted to the sheltered side of a small island called Cauda, we barely got control of the ship's lifeboat.
17 Which being taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship: and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they let down the sail yard and so were driven.
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The men pulled it up on deck. Then they passed ropes under the ship to reinforce it. Fearing that they would hit the large sandbank off the shores of Libya, they lowered the sail and were carried along by the wind.
18 And we, being mightily tossed with the tempest, the next day they lightened the ship.
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We continued to be tossed so violently by the storm that the next day the men began to throw the cargo overboard.
19 And the third day they cast out with their own hands the tacking of the ship.
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On the third day they threw the ship's equipment overboard.
20 And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and no small storms lay on us, all hope of our being saved was now taken away.
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For a number of days we couldn't see the sun or the stars. The storm wouldn't let up. It was so severe that we finally began to lose any hope of coming out of it alive.
21 And after they had fasted a long time, Paul standing forth in the midst of them, said: You should indeed, O ye men, have hearkened unto me and not have loosed from Crete and have gained this harm and loss.
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Since hardly anyone wanted to eat, Paul stood among them and said, "Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. You would have avoided this disaster and loss.
22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer. For there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but only of the ship.
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Now I advise you to have courage. No one will lose his life. Only the ship will be destroyed.
23 For an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me this night,
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I know this because an angel from the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood by me last night.
24 Saying: Fear not, Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar; and behold, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
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The angel told me, 'Don't be afraid, Paul! You must present your case to the emperor. God has granted safety to everyone who is sailing with you.'
25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall so be, as it hath been told me.
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So have courage, men! I trust God that everything will turn out as he told me.
26 And we must come unto a certain island.
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However, we will run aground on some island."
27 But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country.
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On the fourteenth night we were still drifting through the Mediterranean Sea. About midnight the sailors suspected that we were approaching land.
28 Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms: and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.
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So they threw a line with a weight on it into the water. It sank 120 feet. They waited a little while and did the same thing again. This time the line sank 90 feet.
29 Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern: and wished for the day.
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Fearing we might hit rocks, they dropped four anchors from the back of the ship and prayed for morning to come.
30 But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship,
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The sailors tried to escape from the ship. They let the lifeboat down into the sea and pretended they were going to lay out the anchors from the front of the ship.
31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers: Except these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.
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Paul told the officer and the soldiers, "If these sailors don't stay on the ship, you have no hope of staying alive."
32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat and let her fall off.
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Then the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.
33 And when it began to be light, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued fasting, taking nothing.
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Just before daybreak Paul was encouraging everyone to have something to eat. "This is the fourteenth day you have waited and have had nothing to eat.
34 Wherefore, I pray you to take some meat for your health’s sake: for there shall not an hair of the head of any of you perish.
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So I'm encouraging you to eat something. Eating will help you survive, since not a hair from anyone's head will be lost."
35 And when he had said these things, taking bread, he gave thanks to God in the sight of them all. And when he had broken it, he began to eat.
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After Paul said this, he took some bread, thanked God in front of everyone, broke it, and began to eat.
36 Then were they all of better cheer: and they also took some meat.
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Everyone was encouraged and had something to eat.
37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
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(There were 276 of us on the ship.)
38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, casting the wheat into the sea.
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After the people had eaten all they wanted, they lightened the ship by dumping the wheat into the sea.
39 And when it was day, they knew not the land. But they discovered a certain creek that had a shore, into which they minded, if they could, to thrust in the ship.
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In the morning they couldn't recognize the land, but they could see a bay with a beach. So they decided to try to run the ship ashore.
40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea, loosing withal the rudder bands. And hoisting up the mainsail to the wind, they made towards shore.
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They cut the anchors free and left them in the sea. At the same time they untied the ropes that held the steering oars. Then they raised the top sail to catch the wind and steered the ship to the shore.
41 And when we were fallen into a place where two seas met, they run the ship aground. And the forepart indeed, sticking fast, remained unmoveable: but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the sea.
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They struck a sandbar in the water and ran the ship aground. The front of the ship stuck and couldn't be moved, while the back of the ship was broken to pieces by the force of the waves.
42 And the soldiers’ counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any of them, swimming out should escape.
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The soldiers had a plan to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming away and escaping.
43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, forbade it to be done. And he commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves first into the sea and save themselves and get to land.
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However, the officer wanted to save Paul, so he stopped the soldiers from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and swim ashore.
44 And the rest, some they carried on boards and some on those things that belonged to the ship. And so it came to pass that every soul got safe to land.
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Then he ordered the rest to follow on planks or some other pieces [of wood] from the ship. In this way everyone got to shore safely.