Berean Study Bible

New American Standard Bible 1995

1When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.

1When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan cohort named Julius.

2We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

2And embarking in an Adramyttian ship, which was about to sail to the regions along the coast of Asia, we put out to sea accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica.

3The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

3The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul with consideration and allowed him to go to his friends and receive care.

4After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

4From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were contrary.

5And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

5When we had sailed through the sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.

6There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

6There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

7After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

7When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of Crete, off Salmone;

8After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

8and with difficulty sailing past it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

9By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,

9When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them,

10“Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”

10and said to them, "Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."

11But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

11But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul.

12Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

12Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

13When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

13When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore.

14But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.

14But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo;

15Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

15and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be driven along.

16Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

16Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship's boat under control.

17After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.

17After they had hoisted it up, they used supporting cables in undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might run aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they let down the sea anchor and in this way let themselves be driven along.

18We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

18The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to jettison the cargo;

19On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

19and on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.

20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

20Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.

21After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

21When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up in their midst and said, "Men, you ought to have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss.

22But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.

22"Yet now I urge you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

23For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me

23"For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,

24and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’

24saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you.'

25So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.

25"Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told.

26However, we must run aground on some island.”

26"But we must run aground on a certain island."

27On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

27But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to surmise that they were approaching some land.

28They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.

28They took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms.

29Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

29Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak.

30Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

30But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had let down the ship's boat into the sea, on the pretense of intending to lay out anchors from the bow,

31But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved."

32So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it fall away.

33Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

33Until the day was about to dawn, Paul was encouraging them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken nothing.

34So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

34"Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish."

35After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

35Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat.

36They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

36All of them were encouraged and they themselves also took food.

37In all, there were 276 of us on board.

37All of us in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six persons.

38After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

38When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.

39When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

39When day came, they could not recognize the land; but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could.

40Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

40And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea while at the same time they were loosening the ropes of the rudders; and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they were heading for the beach.

41But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

41But striking a reef where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern began to be broken up by the force of the waves.

42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

42The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape;

43But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

43but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from their intention, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land,

44The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.

44and the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that they all were brought safely to land.

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