| New Living Translation | NET Bible |
| 1When the time came, we set sail for Italy. Paul and several other prisoners were placed in the custody of a Roman officer named Julius, a captain of the Imperial Regiment. | 1When it was decided we would sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius. |
| 2Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was also with us. We left on a ship whose home port was Adramyttium on the northwest coast of the province of Asia; it was scheduled to make several stops at ports along the coast of the province. | 2We went on board a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to various ports along the coast of the province of Asia and put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. |
| 3The next day when we docked at Sidon, Julius was very kind to Paul and let him go ashore to visit with friends so they could provide for his needs. | 3The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed. |
| 4Putting out to sea from there, we encountered strong headwinds that made it difficult to keep the ship on course, so we sailed north of Cyprus between the island and the mainland. | 4From there we put out to sea and sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us. |
| 5Keeping to the open sea, we passed along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, landing at Myra, in the province of Lycia. | 5After we had sailed across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia. |
| 6There the commanding officer found an Egyptian ship from Alexandria that was bound for Italy, and he put us on board. | 6There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it. |
| 7We had several days of slow sailing, and after great difficulty we finally neared Cnidus. But the wind was against us, so we sailed across to Crete and along the sheltered coast of the island, past the cape of Salmone. | 7We sailed slowly for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus. Because the wind prevented us from going any farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone. |
| 8We struggled along the coast with great difficulty and finally arrived at Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea. | 8With difficulty we sailed along the coast of Crete and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea. |
| 9We had lost a lot of time. The weather was becoming dangerous for sea travel because it was so late in the fall, and Paul spoke to the ship’s officers about it. | 9Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast was already over, Paul advised them, |
| 10“Men,” he said, “I believe there is trouble ahead if we go on—shipwreck, loss of cargo, and danger to our lives as well.” | 10"Men, I can see the voyage is going to end in disaster and great loss not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives." |
| 11But the officer in charge of the prisoners listened more to the ship’s captain and the owner than to Paul. | 11But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship's owner than by what Paul said. |
| 12And since Fair Havens was an exposed harbor—a poor place to spend the winter—most of the crew wanted to go on to Phoenix, farther up the coast of Crete, and spend the winter there. Phoenix was a good harbor with only a southwest and northwest exposure. The Storm at Sea | 12Because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there. They hoped that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there. |
| 13When a light wind began blowing from the south, the sailors thought they could make it. So they pulled up anchor and sailed close to the shore of Crete. | 13When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete. |
| 14But the weather changed abruptly, and a wind of typhoon strength (called a “northeaster”) burst across the island and blew us out to sea. | 14Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island. |
| 15The sailors couldn’t turn the ship into the wind, so they gave up and let it run before the gale. | 15When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. |
| 16We sailed along the sheltered side of a small island named Cauda, where with great difficulty we hoisted aboard the lifeboat being towed behind us. | 16As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship's boat under control. |
| 17Then the sailors bound ropes around the hull of the ship to strengthen it. They were afraid of being driven across to the sandbars of Syrtis off the African coast, so they lowered the sea anchor to slow the ship and were driven before the wind. | 17After the crew had hoisted it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, thus letting themselves be driven along. |
| 18The next day, as gale-force winds continued to batter the ship, the crew began throwing the cargo overboard. | 18The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard, |
| 19The following day they even took some of the ship’s gear and threw it overboard. | 19and on the third day they threw the ship's gear overboard with their own hands. |
| 20The terrible storm raged for many days, blotting out the sun and the stars, until at last all hope was gone. | 20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved. |
| 21No one had eaten for a long time. Finally, Paul called the crew together and said, “Men, you should have listened to me in the first place and not left Crete. You would have avoided all this damage and loss. | 21Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss. |
| 22But take courage! None of you will lose your lives, even though the ship will go down. | 22And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost. |
| 23For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me, | 23For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me |
| 24and he said, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul, for you will surely stand trial before Caesar! What’s more, God in his goodness has granted safety to everyone sailing with you.’ | 24and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.' |
| 25So take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as he said. | 25Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told. |
| 26But we will be shipwrecked on an island.” The Shipwreck | 26But we must run aground on some island." |
| 27About midnight on the fourteenth night of the storm, as we were being driven across the Sea of Adria, the sailors sensed land was near. | 27When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land. |
| 28They dropped a weighted line and found that the water was 120 feet deep. But a little later they measured again and found it was only 90 feet deep. | 28They took soundings and found the water was twenty fathoms deep; when they had sailed a little farther they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms deep. |
| 29At this rate they were afraid we would soon be driven against the rocks along the shore, so they threw out four anchors from the back of the ship and prayed for daylight. | 29Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear. |
| 30Then the sailors tried to abandon the ship; they lowered the lifeboat as though they were going to put out anchors from the front of the ship. | 30Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship's boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow, |
| 31But Paul said to the commanding officer and the soldiers, “You will all die unless the sailors stay aboard.” | 31Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved." |
| 32So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away. | 32Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship's boat and let it drift away. |
| 33Just as day was dawning, Paul urged everyone to eat. “You have been so worried that you haven’t touched food for two weeks,” he said. | 33As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense and have gone without food; you have eaten nothing. |
| 34“Please eat something now for your own good. For not a hair of your heads will perish.” | 34Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head." |
| 35Then he took some bread, gave thanks to God before them all, and broke off a piece and ate it. | 35After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat. |
| 36Then everyone was encouraged and began to eat— | 36So all of them were encouraged and took food themselves. |
| 37all 276 of us who were on board. | 37(We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons on the ship.) |
| 38After eating, the crew lightened the ship further by throwing the cargo of wheat overboard. | 38When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea. |
| 39When morning dawned, they didn’t recognize the coastline, but they saw a bay with a beach and wondered if they could get to shore by running the ship aground. | 39When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could. |
| 40So they cut off the anchors and left them in the sea. Then they lowered the rudders, raised the foresail, and headed toward shore. | 40So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach. |
| 41But they hit a shoal and ran the ship aground too soon. The bow of the ship stuck fast, while the stern was repeatedly smashed by the force of the waves and began to break apart. | 41But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves. |
| 42The soldiers wanted to kill the prisoners to make sure they didn’t swim ashore and escape. | 42Now the soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away. |
| 43But the commanding officer wanted to spare Paul, so he didn’t let them carry out their plan. Then he ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and make for land. | 43But the centurion, wanting to save Paul's life, prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, |
| 44The others held on to planks or debris from the broken ship. So everyone escaped safely to shore. | 44and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land. |
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