Verse 12
Acts 27:12
World English Bible, British Edition
12
Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised
going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix and winter there, which is a port of
Crete, looking southwest and northwest.
Original Language Text
greek
ἀνευθέτου δὲ τοῦ λιμένος ὑπάρχοντος πρὸς παραχειμασίαν οἱ πλείονες ἔθεντο βουλὴν ἀναχθῆναι ⸀ἐκεῖθεν, εἴ πως δύναιντο καταντήσαντες εἰς Φοίνικα παραχειμάσαι, λιμένα τῆς Κρήτης βλέποντα κατὰ λίβα καὶ κατὰ χῶρον.
English Translation
When the harbor was free for wintering, the majority decided to sail from there, if somehow they could manage to reach Phoenicia to winter, seeing the harbor of Crete towards the southwest and towards the land.
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Chapter 27 Context
1
When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul
and certain other prisoner...
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Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places
on the coast of Asia, we put t...
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3
The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly and gave
him permission to go to his f...
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4
Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because
the winds were contrary.
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When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia,
we came to Myra, a city of Lyc...
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6
There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and
he put us on board.
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When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite
Cnidus, the wind not allo...
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8
With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair
Havens, near the city of Las...
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When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because
the Fast had now already gone by,...
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and said to them, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury
and much loss, not only of t...
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11
But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of
the ship than to those things whi...
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12
Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised
going to sea from there, if by...
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When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained
their purpose, they weighed anchor...
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14
But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called
Euroclydon.
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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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Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able,
with difficulty, to secure the...
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After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the
ship. Fearing that they would r...
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18
As we laboured exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began
to throw things overboard.
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On the third day, they threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.
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20
When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small
storm pressed on us, all hope tha...
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21
When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle
of them and said, “Sirs, you shoul...
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22
Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life amongst
you, but only of the ship.
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For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God (Elohim) whose
I am and whom I serve...
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saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold,
God (Elohim) has granted you a...
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Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God (Elohim), that it will be just
as it has been spoken to...
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But we must run aground on a certain island.”
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But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back
and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about...
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They took soundings and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again,
and f...
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Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four
anchors from the stern, and wish...
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As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship and had lowered
the boat into the sea, pretending...
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31
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay
in the ship, you can’t be saved.”
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Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let it fall off.
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While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some
food, saying, “Today is the fourteent...
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Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety;
for not a hair will perish from...
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When he had said this and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God (Elohim) in
the presence of all; th...
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Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.
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In all, we were two hundred and seventy-six souls on the ship.
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When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the
wheat into the sea.
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When it was day, they didn’t recognise the land, but they noticed a
certain bay with a beach, and th...
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Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time
untying the rudder ropes. Hoist...
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But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground.
The bow struck and remained i...
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42
The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none
of them would swim out and escape.
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43
But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose,
and commanded that those...
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and the rest should follow, some on planks and some on other things
from the ship. So they all escap...
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