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and the haven being incommodious to winter in, the more part gave counsel to sail thence also, if by any means they might be able, having attained to Phenice, [there] to winter, [which is] a haven of Crete, looking to the south-west and north-west,
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and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained [their] purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,
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and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,
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and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given [her] up, we were borne on,
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and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,
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which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast -- so were borne on.
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And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding [day] they were making a clearing,
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and on the third [day] with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,
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and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.
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And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, `It behoved [you], indeed, O men -- having hearkened to me -- not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;
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and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you -- but of the ship;