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10 and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."
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“Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also.”
11 But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.
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But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship.
12 Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to put to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.
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Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided that we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there. This was a harbor in Crete, facing both southwest and northwest.
13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.
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When a gentle south wind began to blow, they saw their opportunity; so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.
14 But after no long time there beat down from it a tempestuous wind, which is called Euroclydon.
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Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called the Northeaster, swept down from the island.
15 When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.
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The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along.
16 Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.
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As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure,
17 When they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven.
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so the men hoisted it aboard. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Because they were afraid they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven along.
18 As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.
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We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.
19 On the third day, they threw out the ship's tackle with their own hands.
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On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
20 When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small tempest pressed on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.
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When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.
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