44:027:013 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing
that they had
obtained
their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by
Crete.
44:027:014 But not long after there arose against
it a tempestuous wind,
called
Euroclydon.
44:027:015 And when the ship was caught, and could
not bear up into the
wind,
we let her drive.
44:027:016 And running under a certain island which
is called Clauda, we
had
much work to come by the boat:
44:027:017 Which when they had taken up, they used
helps, undergirding
the
ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the
quicksands,
strake sail, and so were driven.
44:027:018 And we being exceedingly tossed with a
tempest, the next day
they
lightened the ship;
44:027:019 And the third day we cast out with our
own hands the tackling
of
the ship.
44:027:020 And when neither sun nor stars in many
days appeared, and no
small
tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved
was
then
taken away.
44:027:021 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth
in the midst of
them,
and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and
not
have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm
and
loss.
44:027:022 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer:
for there shall be
no
loss of any man’s life among you, but of the
ship.
44:027:023 For there stood by me this night the angel
of God, whose I am,
and
whom I serve,
44:027:024 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought
before Caesar:
and,
lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
44:027:025 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer:
for I believe God, that it
shall
be even as it was told me.
44:027:026 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
44:027:027 But when the fourteenth night was come,
as we were driven up
and
down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that
they
drew
near to some country;
44:027:028 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms:
and when they had
gone
a little further, they sounded again, and found it
fifteen
fathoms.
44:027:029 Then fearing lest we should have fallen
upon rocks, they cast
four
anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
44:027:030 And as the shipmen were about to flee out
of the ship, when
they
had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as
though
they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
44:027:031 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers,
Except these
abide
in the ship, ye cannot be saved.


