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Acts 27 Literal Standard Version
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1 And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others, prisoners, to a centurion, by name Julius, of the band of Sebastus,
1 Ὡς δὲ ἐκρίθη τοῦ ἀποπλεῖν ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν Ἰταλίαν, παρεδίδουν τόν τε Παῦλον καί τινας ἑτέρους δεσμώτας ἑκατοντάρχῃ ὀνόματι Ἰουλίῳ σπείρης Σεβαστῆς.
2 and having embarked in a ship of Adramyttium, we, being about to sail by the coasts of Asia, set sail, there being with us Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica,
2 ἐπιβάντες δὲ πλοίῳ Ἀδραμυττηνῷ μέλλοντες πλεῖν τοὺς κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν τόπους ἀνήχθημεν, ὄντος σὺν ἡμῖν Ἀριστάρχου Μακεδόνος Θεσσαλονικέως,
3 on the next [day] also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, permitted [him], having gone on to friends, to receive [their] care.
3 τῇ τε ἑτέρᾳ κατήχθημεν εἰς Σιδῶνα· φιλανθρώπως τε ὁ Ἰούλιος τῷ Παύλῳ χρησάμενος ἐπέτρεψε πρὸς [τοὺς] φίλους πορευθέντα ἐπιμελείας τυχεῖν.
4 And there, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary,
4 κἀκεῖθεν ἀναχθέντες ὑπεπλεύσαμεν τὴν Κύπρον διὰ τὸ τοὺς ἀνέμους εἶναι ἐναντίους,
5 and having sailed over the sea down by Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,
5 τό τε πέλαγος τὸ κατὰ τὴν Κιλικίαν καὶ Παμφυλίαν διαπλεύσαντες κατήλθομεν εἰς Μύρα τῆς Λυκίας.
6 and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, put us into it,
6 Κἀκεῖ εὑρὼν ὁ ἑκατοντάρχης πλοῖον Ἀλεξανδρῖνον πλέον εἰς τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἐνεβίβασεν ἡμᾶς εἰς αὐτό.
7 and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming down by Cnidus, the wind not permitting us, we sailed under Crete, down by Salmone,
7 ἐν ἱκαναῖς δὲ ἡμέραις βραδυπλοοῦντες καὶ μόλις γενόμενοι κατὰ τὴν Κνίδον, μὴ προσεῶντος ἡμᾶς τοῦ ἀνέμου, ὑπεπλεύσαμεν τὴν Κρήτην κατὰ Σαλμώνην,
8 and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city of Lasaea.
8 μόλις τε παραλεγόμενοι αὐτὴν ἤλθομεν εἰς τόπον τινὰ καλούμενον Καλοὺς λιμένας, ᾧ ἐγγὺς ἦν πόλις Λασαία.
9 And much time being spent, and the sailing now being dangerous—because of the fast also being already past—Paul was admonishing,
9 Ἱκανοῦ δὲ χρόνου διαγενομένου καὶ ὄντος ἤδη ἐπισφαλοῦς τοῦ πλοὸς διὰ τὸ καὶ τὴν νηστείαν ἤδη παρεληλυθέναι, παρῄνει ὁ Παῦλος
10 saying to them, “Men, I perceive that with hurt, and much damage, not only of the load and of the ship, but also of our lives—the voyage is about to be”;
10 λέγων αὐτοῖς· ἄνδρες, θεωρῶ ὅτι μετὰ ὕβρεως καὶ πολλῆς ζημίας οὐ μόνον τοῦ φόρτου καὶ τοῦ πλοίου, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι τὸν πλοῦν.
11 but the centurion gave more credence to the pilot and to the shipowner than to the things spoken by Paul;
11 ὁ δὲ ἑκατοντάρχης τῷ κυβερνήτῃ καὶ τῷ ναυκλήρῳ ἐπείθετο μᾶλλον ἢ τοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου λεγομένοις.
12 and the haven being not well placed to winter in, the greater part gave counsel to sail from there, if somehow they might be able, having attained to Phoenix, to winter [there], [which is] a haven of Crete, looking to the southwest and northwest,
12 ἀνευθέτου δὲ τοῦ λιμένος ὑπάρχοντος πρὸς παραχειμασίαν οἱ πλείους ἔθεντο βουλὴν ἀναχθῆναι κἀκεῖθεν, εἴ πως δύναιντο καταντήσαντες εἰς Φοίνικα παραχειμάσαι, λιμένα τῆς Κρήτης βλέποντα κατὰ λίβα καὶ κατὰ χῶρον.
13 and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained [their] purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,
13 Ὑποπνεύσαντος δὲ νότου δόξαντες τῆς προθέσεως κεκρατηκέναι, ἄραντες ἆσσον παρελέγοντο τὴν Κρήτην.
14 and not long after, there came down from it a turbulent wind [that] is called the Euroclydon,
14 μετ᾽ οὐ πολὺ δὲ ἔβαλε κατ᾽ αὐτῆς ἄνεμος τυφωνικὸς ὁ καλούμενος Εὐροκλύδων.
15 and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given [her] up, we were carried on,
15 συναρπασθέντος δὲ τοῦ πλοίου καὶ μὴ δυναμένου ἀντοφθαλμεῖν τῷ ἀνέμῳ ἐπιδόντες ἐφερόμεθα.
16 and having run under a certain little island called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,
16 νησίον δέ τι ὑποδραμόντες καλούμενον Κλαύδην μόλις ἰσχύσαμεν περικρατεῖς γενέσθαι τῆς σκάφης,
17 which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall into the [sandbars of] Syrtis, having let down the mast—so were carried on.
17 ἣν ἄραντες βοηθείαις ἐχρῶντο ὑποζωννύντες τὸ πλοῖον· φοβούμενοί τε μὴ εἰς τὴν Σύρτιν ἐκπέσωσι, χαλάσαντες τὸ σκεῦος οὕτως ἐφέροντο.
18 And we, being exceedingly storm-tossed, the succeeding [day] they were making a clearing,
18 σφοδρῶς δὲ χειμαζομένων ἡμῶν τῇ ἑξῆς ἐκβολὴν ἐποιοῦντο,
19 and on the third [day] we cast out the tackling of the ship with our own hands,
19 καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ αὐτόχειρες τὴν σκευὴν τοῦ πλοίου ἐρρίψαμεν.
20 and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little storm lying on us, from then on all hope was taken away of our being saved.
20 μήτε δὲ ἡλίου μήτε ἄστρων ἐπιφαινόντων ἐπὶ πλείονας ἡμέρας, χειμῶνός τε οὐκ ὀλίγου ἐπικειμένου, λοιπὸν περιῃρεῖτο πᾶσα ἐλπὶς τοῦ σῴζεσθαι ἡμᾶς.
21 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;
21 Πολλῆς δὲ 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.
22 and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there will be no loss of life among you—but of the ship;
22 καὶ τὰ νῦν παραινῶ ὑμᾶς εὐθυμεῖν· ἀποβολὴ γὰρ ψυχῆς οὐδεμία ἔσται ἐξ ὑμῶν πλὴν τοῦ πλοίου.
23 for this night there stood by me a messenger of God—whose I am, and whom I serve—
23 παρέστη γάρ μοι τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ ἄγγελος τοῦ Θεοῦ οὗ εἰμι, ᾧ καὶ λατρεύω,
24 saying, Do not be afraid Paul; it is necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted to you all those sailing with you;
24 λέγων· μὴ φοβοῦ, Παῦλε· Καίσαρί σε δεῖ παραστῆναι· καὶ ἰδοὺ κεχάρισταί σοι ὁ Θεὸς πάντας τοὺς πλέοντας μετὰ σοῦ.
25 for this reason be of good cheer, men! For I believe God, that so it will be, even as it has been spoken to me,
25 διὸ εὐθυμεῖτε, ἄνδρες· πιστεύω γὰρ τῷ Θεῷ ὅτι οὕτως ἔσται καθ᾽ ὃν τρόπον λελάληταί μοι.
26 and on a certain island it is necessary for us to be cast.”
26 εἰς νῆσον δέ τινα δεῖ ἡμᾶς ἐκπεσεῖν.
27 And when the fourteenth night came—we being carried up and down in the Adria—toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew near to them;
27 Ὡς δὲ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη νὺξ ἐγένετο διαφερομένων ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ Ἀδρίᾳ, κατὰ μέσον τῆς νυκτὸς ὑπενόουν οἱ ναῦται προσάγειν τινὰ αὐτοῖς χώραν.
28 and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,
28 καὶ βολίσαντες εὗρον ὀργυιὰς εἴκοσι, βραχὺ δὲ διαστήσαντες καὶ πάλιν βολίσαντες εὗρον ὀργυιὰς δεκαπέντε·
29 and fearing lest we may fall on rough places, having cast four anchors out of the stern, they were wishing day to come.
29 φοβούμενοί τε μήπως εἰς τραχεῖς τόπους ἐκπέσωμεν, ἐκ πρύμνης ῥίψαντες ἀγκύρας τέσσαρας ηὔχοντο ἡμέραν γενέσθαι.
30 And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretense as [if] out of the prow they are about to cast anchors,
30 Τῶν δὲ ναυτῶν ζητούντων φυγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου καὶ χαλασάντων τὴν σκάφην εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, προφάσει ὡς ἐκ πρῴρας μελλόντων ἀγκύρας ἐκτείνειν,
31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “If these do not remain in the ship—you are not able to be saved”;
31 εἶπεν ὁ Παῦλος τῷ ἑκατοντάρχῃ καὶ τοῖς στρατιώταις· ἐὰν μὴ οὗτοι μείνωσιν ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ, ὑμεῖς σωθῆναι οὐ δύνασθε.
32 then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and permitted it to fall off.
32 τότε οἱ στρατιῶται ἀπέκοψαν τὰ σχοινία τῆς σκάφης καὶ εἴασαν αὐτὴν ἐκπεσεῖν.
33 And until the day was about to be, Paul was calling on all to partake of nourishment, saying, “Fourteen days today, waiting, you continue fasting, having taken nothing,
33 Ἄχρι δὲ οὗ ἔμελλεν ἡμέρα γίνεσθαι, παρεκάλει ὁ Παῦλος ἅπαντας μεταλαβεῖν τροφῆς λέγων· τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην σήμερον ἡμέραν προσδοκῶντες ἄσιτοι διατελεῖτε, μηδὲν προσλαβόμενοι.
34 for this reason I call on you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you will a hair fall from the head”;
34 διὸ παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς μεταλαβεῖν τροφῆς· τοῦτο γὰρ πρὸς τῆς ὑμετέρας σωτηρίας ὑπάρχει· οὐδενὸς γὰρ ὑμῶν θρὶξ ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς πεσεῖται.
35 and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken [it], he began to eat;
35 εἰπὼν δὲ ταῦτα καὶ λαβὼν ἄρτον εὐχαρίστησε τῷ Θεῷ ἐνώπιον πάντων, καὶ κλάσας ἤρξατο ἐσθίειν.
36 and all having become of good cheer, also took food themselves,
36 εὔθυμοι δὲ γενόμενοι πάντες καὶ αὐτοὶ προσελάβοντο τροφῆς·
37 (and we were—all the souls in the ship—two hundred, seventy-six),
37 ἦμεν δὲ ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ αἱ πᾶσαι ψυχαὶ διακόσιαι ἑβδομήκοντα ἕξ.
38 and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.
38 κορεσθέντες δὲ τροφῆς ἐκούφιζον τὸ πλοῖον ἐκβαλλόμενοι τὸν σῖτον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν.
39 And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but were perceiving a certain bay having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship,
39 Ὅτε δὲ ἡμέρα ἐγένετο, τὴν γῆν οὐκ ἐπεγίνωσκον, κόλπον δέ τινα κατενόουν ἔχοντα αἰγιαλόν, εἰς ὃν ἐβουλεύσαντο, εἰ δύναιντο, ἐξῶσαι τὸ πλοῖον.
40 and having taken up the anchors, they were committing [it] to the sea, at the same time—having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the foresail to the wind—they were making for the shore,
40 καὶ τὰς ἀγκύρας περιελόντες εἴων εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ἅμα ἀνέντες τὰς ζευκτηρίας τῶν πηδαλίων, καὶ ἐπάραντες τὸν ἀρτέμωνα τῇ πνεούσῃ κατεῖχον εἰς τὸν αἰγιαλόν.
41 and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the prow, indeed, having stuck fast, remained immoveable, but the stern was broken by the violence of the waves.
41 περιπεσόντες δὲ εἰς τόπον διθάλασσον ἐπώκειλαν τὴν ναῦν, καὶ ἡ μὲν πρῷρα ἐρείσασα ἔμεινεν ἀσάλευτος, ἡ δὲ πρύμνα ἐλύετο ὑπὸ τῆς βίας τῶν κυμάτων.
42 And the soldiers’ counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone having swam out should escape,
42 τῶν δὲ στρατιωτῶν βουλὴ ἐγένετο ἵνα τοὺς δεσμώτας ἀποκτείνωσι, μή τις ἐκκολυμβήσας διαφύγοι.
43 but the centurion, resolving to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and commanded those able to swim, having cast themselves out first—to get to the land,
43 ὁ δὲ ἑκατοντάρχης βουλόμενος διασῶσαι τὸν Παῦλον ἐκώλυσεν αὐτοὺς τοῦ βουλήματος, ἐκέλευσέ τε τοὺς δυναμένους κολυμβᾶν ἀπορρίψαντας πρώτους ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐξιέναι,
44 and the rest, some indeed on boards, and some on certain things of the ship; and thus it came to pass that all came safe to the land.
44 καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς οὓς μὲν ἐπὶ σανίσιν, οὓς δὲ ἐπί τινων τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ πλοίου. καὶ οὕτως ἐγένετο πάντας διασωθῆναι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
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People
Aristarchus
A Thessalonian who traveled with Paul, was seized in the Ephesus riot, sailed with him to Rome, and is called Paul's fellow prisoner.
Cited in the guide: Acts 19:29; Acts 20:4; Acts 27:2
Julius
The centurion of the Imperial Cohort who took charge of Paul on the voyage to Rome, treated him kindly, and kept soldiers from killing the prisoners.
Cited in the guide: Acts 27:1; Acts 27:3
Places
Fair Havens (Crete)
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- 1 Acts 25:25; Acts 25:12; Acts 10:1; Acts 18:2; Acts 27:11
- 2 Acts 19:29; Colossians 4:10; Philemon 24; Acts 28:10; Acts 2:9
- 3 Acts 24:23; Acts 28:16; Acts 27:43; Isaiah 23:12; Genesis 10:15
- 4 Acts 4:36; Acts 27:7; Acts 21:16; Acts 11:19–20; Acts 15:39
- 5 Acts 6:9; Acts 13:13; Acts 21:39; Acts 15:23; Acts 2:10
- 6 Acts 28:11; Acts 18:24; Acts 6:9; Acts 27:1
- 7 Acts 27:21; Titus 1:12; Titus 1:5; Acts 27:12–13; Acts 2:11
- 9 Leviticus 23:27–29; Numbers 29:7; Leviticus 16:29–31
- 10 Amos 3:7; Acts 27:41–44; Daniel 2:30; Acts 27:20–26; Psalm 25:14
- 11 Ezekiel 33:4; Ezekiel 3:17–18; Hebrews 11:7; Acts 27:21; Proverbs 27:12
- 12 Psalm 107:30; Acts 27:8
- 13 Song of Songs 4:16; Job 37:17; Luke 12:55; Psalm 78:26
- 14 Mark 4:37; Psalm 107:25–27; Exodus 14:21–27; Matthew 8:24; Ezekiel 27:26
- 15 Acts 27:27; James 3:4
- 17 Acts 27:29; Acts 27:41; Acts 27:26
- 18 Jonah 1:5; Acts 27:38; Hebrews 12:1; Matthew 16:26; Acts 27:19
- 19 Job 2:4; Luke 9:24–25; Mark 8:35–37; Jonah 1:5
- 20 Matthew 24:29; Matthew 8:24–25; Ezekiel 37:11; Exodus 10:21–23; Ephesians 2:12
- 21 Psalm 107:5–6; Genesis 42:22; Acts 27:7; Acts 27:9–10; Acts 27:33–35
- 22 Acts 27:25; Acts 27:36; Isaiah 43:1–2; 2 Corinthians 4:8–9; Psalm 112:7
- 23 Acts 23:11; Romans 1:9; Acts 5:19; 2 Timothy 4:17; Hebrews 1:14
- 24 Acts 23:11; 2 Timothy 4:16–17; Matthew 10:28; Genesis 19:29; James 5:16
- 25 Romans 4:20–21; Luke 1:45; 2 Timothy 1:12; Numbers 23:19; 2 Chronicles 20:20
- 26 Acts 28:1; Acts 27:17; Acts 27:29
- 27 Revelation 18:17; 1 Kings 9:27; Jonah 1:6; Acts 27:30
- 29 Acts 27:17; Hebrews 6:19; Acts 27:40–41; Acts 27:26; Acts 27:30
- 30 Acts 27:16; Acts 27:32
- 31 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14; Jeremiah 29:11–13; Psalm 91:11–12; Acts 27:21–24; Acts 27:42–43
- 32 Philippians 3:7–9; Luke 16:8
- 34 Matthew 10:30; 1 Kings 1:52; Luke 21:18; Mark 8:2–3; Luke 12:7
- 35 Matthew 15:36; 2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:8; 1 Corinthians 10:30–31; 1 Timothy 4:3–4
- 36 2 Corinthians 1:4–6; Acts 27:22; Psalm 27:14; Acts 27:25
- 37 Acts 2:41; Romans 13:1; 1 Peter 3:20; Acts 7:14
- 38 Matthew 6:25; Jonah 1:5; Acts 27:18–19; Matthew 16:26; Job 2:4
- 39 Acts 28:1
- 40 Isaiah 33:23; Acts 27:29–30
- 41 2 Corinthians 11:25–26; Ezekiel 27:26; 1 Kings 22:48; Ezekiel 27:34; 2 Chronicles 20:37
- 42 Psalm 74:20; Mark 15:15–20; Proverbs 12:10; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Acts 12:19
- 43 Acts 27:3; Proverbs 16:7; Acts 27:11; Acts 23:10; Acts 23:24
- 44 Acts 27:22; Psalm 107:28–30; John 6:39–40; Acts 27:24; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10
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