Acts 27

Acts 27:1

• When it
• It
• And when it

• was

• decided that
• determined that

• we

• should
• would
• were to

• sail for
• sail to

• Italy, they

• delivered
• handed
• handed over

• Paul and some
• Paul and

• other
• certain other

• prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan

• cohort
• Cohort,
• Cohort

• named Julius.

Acts 27:2

• We boarded a
• We got on a
• We went on
• We went aboard a

• ship from
• ship of
• board a ship from

• Adramyttium that
• Adramyttium, which

• was about to

• sail for
• sail to
• sail to the

• ports along the
• ports in the

• coast of
• province of
• coast of the province of

• Asia,
• Asia, and

• we

• put out to
• put to

• sea.
• sea;

• Aristarchus, a

• Macedonian from
• Macedonian of

• Thessalonica,
• Thessalonica

• was with
• went with
• came with

• us.

Acts 27:3

• The next
• Next
• And the next

• day,
• day

• we

• put in at
• landed at
• touched at

• Sidon. And
• Sidon: and
• Sidon, and
• Sidon; and
• Sidon.
• Sidon, where
• Sidon where

• Julius,
• Julius

• treated
• treating

• Paul
• Paul,

• kindly, and
• kindly and
• kindly,

• allowed
• gave

• him to
• Paul to
• him freedom to

• go to
• visit
• go visit
• go to see

• his

• friends and
• friends to
• friends, to
• friends, so
• friends so
• friends who

• be
• receive

• cared for.
• their care.
• care.

Acts 27:4

• [Translation pending]

Acts 27:5

• And when we had sailed across the
• After we had sailed across the
• We crossed the
• We sailed across the
• When we had sailed across the

• open sea off the coast of
• sea which is off
• open sea off
• open sea along the coast of

• Cilicia and

• Pamphylia
• Pamphylia.
• Pamphylia,

• we
• Then we

• came to
• reached
• landed at
• put in at
• came to the city of

• Myra in
• Myra, in
• Myra in the

• Lycia.

Acts 27:6

• There the centurion
• And there the centurion
• and there the centurion
• There the officer

• found a
• found an

• Alexandrian
• ship from
• ship of
• ship from the city of

• ship
• Alexandria
• Alexandria that

• sailing for
• bound for
• was going to
• sailing to

• Italy, and
• Italy and
• Italy; and
• Italy,
• Italy.
• Italy. So

• He put
• he put
• put
• so he put

• us aboard.

Acts 27:7

• We sailed

• slowly for
• slowly for a

• many
• number of
• several

• days, and
• days and
• days.
• days,

• arrived with
• had

• difficulty off

• Cnidus, the
• Cnidus. The
• Cnidus. Because the
• Cnidus because the
• Cnidus. Since the
• Cnidus, since the
• Cnidus, and as the

• wind

• would not let
• did not allow
• did not permit

• us to go farther, we sailed under the

• lee of
• shelter of

• Crete, off
• Crete off
• Crete near

• Salmone;
• Salmone.

Acts 27:8

• Sailing past it with

• difficulty,
• difficulty

• we came to a

• place
• certain place

• called ‘
• called

• Fair

• Havens, near which
• Havens,’ near which

• was the
• was near the

• city of
• town of

• Lasea.

Acts 27:9

• Much
• By now much
• Since much
• Since considerable

• time

• had
• had now

• passed, and the
• passed and the
• been lost, and the

• voyage was now

• dangerous, because
• dangerous because

• even the

• Fast
• fast

• was already over, Paul

• advised
• gave
• warned

• them,
• his advice
• his advice.

Acts 27:10

• saying, “

• Men,
• Sirs,

• I
• I can

• perceive that the
• see that this

• voyage will be with injury and much

• loss—
• loss
• loss,

• not

• only of the
• only to the

• cargo and the
• cargo and

• ship but
• ship, but

• also of
• also

• our

• lives!”
• lives.
• lives.”
• lives as well.”

Acts 27:11

• But the centurion

• paid
• gave

• more

• attention to the
• heed to the

• pilot and to the
• captain and the
• master and to the
• captain and to the

• owner of the ship than to what Paul

• said.
• said;

Acts 27:12

• [Translation pending]

Acts 27:13

• When a gentle south
• When the south
• Now when the south

• wind blew

• softly,
• gently,

• supposing that
• thinking that

• they had

• obtained
• attained

• their

• purpose.
• purpose,
• purpose, so
• purpose; so

• they
• They

• weighed
• pulled up the
• pulled up

• anchor and sailed along Crete,

• close to the
• close

• shore.
• inshore.

Acts 27:14

• But soon a
• But then a
• But not long

• very strong
• violent
• tempestuous

• wind,
• wind

• called “The
• called the
• called the “

• Northeaster”—
• northeaster,
• northeaster”
• Northeaster”
• northeaster

• blew down from the
• rushed down from

• island.
• Crete.

Acts 27:15

• The ship
• and when the ship
• And when the ship
• Since the ship
• When the ship

• was

• caught, and
• caught and
• caught in

• could
• it and could

• not
• n’t

• head into the
• face the
• sail against the

• wind,
• wind
• wind. So
• wind, so
• wind; so

• we

• gave
• had to give

• way to

• it, and
• it and

• were
• let ourselves be

• driven along.
• driven.

Acts 27:16

• Running under the
• And running under the

• lee of a
• shelter of a

• small
• little

• island

• called
• named

• Cauda,
• Clauda,

• we

• were able with
• were able, with

• difficulty, to
• difficulty to

• get the
• secure the
• bring in the

• ship’s boat under control.
• boat,
• boat;
• boat.
• dinghy under control.
• lifeboat.
• ship’s boat,
• ship’s boat.

Acts 27:17

• They
• After the men

• brought the lifeboat in, they

• tied
• passed

• ropes around the
• ropes under the

• ship to hold it together. The men were afraid that the ship would

• run aground on the
• hit the

• sandbars of
• sandbanks of

• Syrtis,
• Syrtis.
• Syrtis. So
• Syrtis, so

• they
• They

• lowered the sail and let the wind carry the ship.

Acts 27:18

• As we
• And because we
• We
• The storm

• were
• was

• so
• violently battered by the

• storm, that the
• storm that the
• storm, the
• storm. The

• next

• day
• day the

• they
• men
• crew

• began to throw the
• began
• began to
• began to throw
• began to jettison the

• cargo,
• cargo.
• cargo overboard,
• cargo overboard.
• cargo overboard;
• throwing the cargo overboard,
• jettison the cargo;
• jettison the cargo.
• throw the cargo overboard.
• throw the cargo overboard;

Acts 27:19

• On the third
• And on the third
• and on the third
• And the third
• and the third

• day,
• day

• they

• threw the
• threw out the

• ship’s

• tackle
• gear

• overboard with their own hands.

Acts 27:20

• For many days we could not see the sun or the stars. The storm was very

• bad,
• bad.

• we
• We

• lost all hope of staying alive—we thought we would die.

Acts 27:21

• Since they
• When they

• had been without food for a long

• time.
• time,

• Paul

• stood up among
• stood up in
• stood among
• stood up before

• them and
• their midst and

• said,
• said: “
• said, “

• Men, you

• should
• ought to

• have

• listened to
• followed my
• taken my

• me, and
• me and
• advice and

• not have set sail from

• Crete and
• Crete, and

• incurred this

• damage and
• injury and
• disaster and

• loss!
• loss.

Acts 27:22

• But now
• and now
• And now
• Now
• “Now
• Yet now

• I

• urge
• beg
• tell
• advise
• exhort

• you to

• keep up your courage, for there
• be of good cheer; for there
• be of good cheer, for there
• take heart; for there
• take heart, for there
• cheer up, for there

• will
• shall

• be no loss of life among you, but

• only of the
• only the

• ship;
• ship.

Acts 27:23

• For there stood by
• for there stood by

• me this night an

• angel of the
• angel from the

• God to whom
• God whose
• God

• I

• belong and whom
• belong, and whom
• am and whom
• am, and whom

• I

• serve—
• serve,
• worship.
• worship,

Acts 27:24

• and said, ‘
• saying, ‘
• and he said, ‘
• And he said,
• The angel said, ‘

• Do

• not
• n’t

• be afraid,

• Paul!
• Paul;
• Paul.

• you
• You
• You are

• must
• destined to

• stand before
• stand before the

• Caesar. And
• Caesar, and
• Caesar. And,
• Caesar; and
• Caesar.
• Caesar!

• behold,
• Behold,
• Indeed,
• indeed,
• indeed

• God has

• granted
• given

• you all those who

• are sailing with
• sail with

• you.
• you.”
• you.’

Acts 27:25

• So
• Therefore
• Therefore,

• take

• courage, men! For
• courage, men, for
• courage, men;
• courage, men!
• heart, men, for

• I

• believe
• trust in
• have
• have faith in
• trust

• God, that
• God that
• faith in God that
• God.

• it
• It
• Everything
• everything
• things

• will

• be
• turn out
• happen

• just as
• exactly as

• I
• he
• it

• told me.
• have been told.
• have been told;
• was told to me.
• was told.
• was told;

Acts 27:26

• but we
• But we
• However, we
• We

• must
• must,
• will,
• will
• shall

• run aground on some
• crash on an

• island.
• island.’
• island.”

Acts 27:27

• On the fourteenth
• When the fourteenth
• It was now the fourteenth
• The fourteenth
• But when the fourteenth

• night,
• night
• night, as

• we
• had come, as we

• were
• were being

• being driven across the Adriatic

• Sea, about midnight the
• Sea. The

• sailors

• suspected that
• thought
• began to suspect that
• suspected
• sensed that

• they
• we

• were

• approaching
• nearing
• approaching some
• getting
• close to
• drawing near to some

• land,
• land.

Acts 27:28

• They
• So they
• and they
• And they

• took soundings and
• took soundings, and
• sounded, and
• sounded and
• took a sounding and

• found twenty
• found it to be twenty

• fathoms; and after a
• fathoms; and a
• fathoms, and a
• fathoms. A
• fathoms; a
• fathoms; after a
• fathoms. After a

• little
• short

• later
• farther,
• farther
• farther on
• interval

• they

• took soundings
• sounded

• again, and
• again and

• found fifteen

• fathoms.
• fathoms,
• fathoms;

Acts 27:29

• Fearing that
• The sailors were afraid that
• And fearing that
• and fearing that
• They were afraid

• we

• might
• would

• run aground
• run aground on the
• hit the

• rocks. So
• rocks, so
• rocks,
• rocky coast,
• somewhere on the rocks,

• they

• dropped four
• let down four
• threw four
• threw out four

• anchors from the
• anchors into the

• stern, and
• stern and
• back of the ship and

• prayed for
• wished for

• day to
• daylight to

• come.

Acts 27:30

• The sailors
• And as the sailors
• Then the sailors
• But when the sailors
• Some of the sailors

• tried to
• wanted to
• were seeking to

• escape from the
• leave the
• flee out of the
• abandon

• ship and
• ship, and
• ship;

• had
• they
• they had

• lowered the
• let down the

• boat into the sea, under pretense of putting out anchors from the

• bow.
• bow,
• front of the ship.
• bows,

Acts 27:31

• Paul
• But Paul
• when Paul

• said to the
• told the
• spoke to the

• centurion and the
• centurion and to the
• officer and

• soldiers, Unless these
• soldiers, “Unless these
• soldiers, ‘Unless these
• soldiers, ‘If these
• soldiers, “If these
• soldiers, “If the

• men stay in the
• men stay on
• men stay with the
• men remain in the
• men do not stay in the
• sailors don’t stay on the

• ship,
• board
• board,

• you

• can
• ca

• not
• n’t

• be

• saved.
• saved!”
• saved.’
• saved.”

Acts 27:32

• then the soldiers
• Then the soldiers
• So the soldiers

• cut the
• cut away the

• ropes of the
• ropes to the

• boat, and
• boat and
• lifeboat, and
• lifeboat and
• ship’s boat and
• skiff and
• dinghy and

• let
• set

• it
• her

• drift away.
• fall away.
• fall off.
• drop away.
• adrift.
• go.

Acts 27:33

• [Translation pending]

Acts 27:34

• Now I

• urge
• beg

• you to

• take some
• eat

• food.
• something.

• You need it to stay alive. None of you will

• lose a
• lose

• single
• even one

• hair from
• hair of
• hair off

• your
• his

• head.”
• head.’
• heads.”

Acts 27:35

• And when he
• When he

• had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to

• God in the
• God before

• presence of all, and
• presence of all; and
• them all,

• he broke

• it, and
• it and
• it
• it,
• it in

• began to
• he began to
• began

• eat;
• eat.
• eating.

Acts 27:36

• They all
• Then they all
• They
• All the men
• Everyone

• were
• felt
• was
• were all
• plucked up

• encouraged and
• encouraged, and
• better and
• courage, and
• courage and

• took
• ate some
• took some
• had
• started

• food.
• food,
• food themselves.
• eating, too.
• eating too.
• something to eat themselves.

Acts 27:37

• (We were in all two hundred seventy-six
• (There were 276

• people on the
• persons on the

• ship,
• ship.
• ship.)

Acts 27:38

• When they
• And when they
• After they
• We

• had
• ate all

• eaten
• we

• enough,
• wanted.

• they

• lightened the
• began to lighten the

• ship by
• ship,

• throwing the
• throwing out the
• dumping the

• wheat into the
• grain into the

• sea.

Acts 27:39

• When daylight came, the sailors saw

• land. But
• land, but

• they did not know what land it was. They saw a bay with a beach and wanted to sail the ship to the

• beach, if
• beach if

• they could.

Acts 27:40

• So they
• They

• cut the
• cut off the
• slipped the
• cast off the

• anchors and
• anchors
• anchors,
• ropes to the anchors and

• left
• left the

• them in the
• anchors in the

• sea. At the
• sea; at the
• sea, at the
• sea, and at the
• sea and at the

• same

• time
• time,

• they untied the
• loosening the
• untied the

• ropes that

• held the
• were holding the

• rudders;
• rudders.

• Then they
• They
• then
• then,
• Then

• hoisting the
• hoisted the

• foresail to the
• mainsail to the

• wind.
• wind,
• wind—
• wind

• they

• made for the
• headed for the

• beach.

Acts 27:41

• But striking a

• place where two seas met,
• reef,

• they ran the

• ship
• vessel

• aground. The
• aground; the
• aground. And the
• aground; and the

• bow
• prow

• stuck fast and
• stuck and

• remained
• would

• immovable, but the
• immovable, while the

• stern

• began to
• was
• was being

• break up by the
• broken up by the

• force of the waves.
• pounding of the waves.
• violence of the waves.

Acts 27:42

• The soldiers’
• The soldiers

• planned to
• plan was to
• decided to
• wanted to

• kill the

• prisoners to
• prisoners so that
• prisoners, lest any of
• prisoners so
• prisoners, so
• prisoners for

• none of them
• keep
• none
• them
• none of
• fear that any

• them from
• should
• could
• would
• them could
• might

• swim
• swimming

• away and
• ashore and

• escape.
• escape;
• escape,
• escaping.

Acts 27:43

• But the centurion,
• but the centurion
• but the centurion,
• But the centurion

• wanted to
• wanting to
• wishing to

• save
• bring
• spare
• let

• Paul,
• Paul’s life,
• Paul safely through and

• kept
• prevented

• them from
• their

• carrying out their

• plan.
• purpose.

• He

• ordered those who
• commanded that those who
• gave orders that those who
• ordered all who

• could
• were able to

• swim to

• jump
• throw themselves

• overboard

• first and
• first to

• get to
• make for the
• get to the
• head for
• swim to
• swim

• land,
• land.
• land;
• shore,
• shore;
• shore.
• ashore,
• ashore.
• ashore;

Acts 27:44

• and the rest, some on
• and the rest on
• And the rest on
• The rest were to
• the rest were to

• planks and
• planks, and
• follow, some on planks and some on

• pieces of the ship. And so it was that all were brought

• safely to
• safely to the
• safely

• land.
• shore.
• ashore.