Verse 21
Acts 27:21
Literal Standard Version
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And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, “It was necessary, indeed, O men—having listened to me—not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;
Original Language Text
greek
Πολλῆς ⸀τε ἀσιτίας ὑπαρχούσης τότε σταθεὶς ὁ Παῦλος ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν εἶπεν· Ἔδει μέν, ὦ ἄνδρες, πειθαρχήσαντάς μοι μὴ ἀνάγεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς Κρήτης κερδῆσαί τε τὴν ὕβριν ταύτην καὶ τὴν ζημίαν.
English Translation
When there was much hunger, Paul stood in their midst and said: "Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete, thus avoiding this harm and loss."
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Chapter 27 Context
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And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others,...
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and having embarked in a ship of Adramyttium, we, being about to sail by the coasts of Asia, set sai...
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on the next day also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, permitted him, havi...
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And there, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary,
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and having sailed over the sea down by Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,
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and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, put us into it,
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and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming down by Cnidus, the wind not permitti...
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and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city of...
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And much time being spent, and the sailing now being dangerous—because of the fast also being alread...
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saying to them, “Men, I perceive that with hurt, and much damage, not only of the load and of the sh...
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but the centurion gave more credence to the pilot and to the shipowner than to the things spoken by...
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and the haven being not well placed to winter in, the greater part gave counsel to sail from there,...
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and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained their purpose, having lifted ancho...
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and not long after, there came down from it a turbulent wind that is called the 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 w...
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and having run under a certain little island called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of...
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which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall...
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And we, being exceedingly storm-tossed, the succeeding day they were making a clearing,
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and on the third day we cast out the tackling of the ship with our own hands,
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and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little storm lying on us, from then on...
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And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, “It was neces...
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and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there will be no loss of life among you—but of the shi...
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for this night there stood by me a messenger of God (Elohim)—whose I am, and whom I serve—
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saying, Do not be afraid Paul; it is necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and behold, God (Eloh...
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for this reason be of good cheer, men! For I believe God (Elohim), that so it will be, even as it ha...
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and on a certain island it is necessary for us to be cast.”
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And when the fourteenth night came—we being carried up and down in the Adria—toward the middle of th...
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and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sou...
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and fearing lest we may fall on rough places, having cast four anchors out of the stern, they were w...
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And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretens...
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Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “If these do not remain in the ship—you are not able...
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then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and permitted it to fall off.
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And until the day was about to be, Paul was calling on all to partake of nourishment, saying, “Fourt...
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for this reason I call on you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of yo...
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and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God (Elohim) before all, and...
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and all having become of good cheer, also took food themselves,
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(and we were—all the souls in the ship—two hundred, seventy-six),
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and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into...
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And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but were perceiving a certain bay having a...
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and having taken up the anchors, they were committing it to the sea, at the same time—having loosed...
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and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the prow, indeed, having...
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And the soldiers’ counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone having swam out shoul...
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but the centurion, resolving to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and commanded those able...
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and the rest, some indeed on boards, and some on certain things of the ship; and thus it came to pas...
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