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Acts 27:13-44 — The Storm; The Shipwreck

Acts.27.13-44

¹³When a south wind began to blow gently, thinking they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along the coast of Crete, close to shore. ¹⁴But not long after, an extremely violent wind, called the Northeaster , swept down from the island. ¹⁵When the ship was caught and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. ¹⁶Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda , we were barely able to secure the lifeboat. ¹⁷After hoisting it up, they used ropes to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis , they lowered the sea anchor and so were driven along. ¹⁸Because we were being violently battered by the storm, the next day they began throwing the cargo overboard, 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 no small storm was pressing on us, all hope of our being saved was finally abandoned. ²¹Since they had gone a long time without food, Paul then stood up among them and said, 'Men, you should have followed my advice not to set sail from Crete, and thereby avoided this damage and loss. ²²And 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 this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood by me, ²⁴saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has graciously granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you.' ²⁵Therefore, 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. ²⁷When the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were approaching some land. ²⁸They took soundings and found the depth to be twenty fathoms. Going a little farther, they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms. ²⁹Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on rocky places, having thrown four anchors from the stern, they prayed for daybreak. ³⁰As the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship and had lowered the lifeboat into the sea under the pretext that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow, ³¹Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, 'Unless these men remain in the ship, you cannot be saved.' ³²Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the lifeboat and let it fall away. ³³Right up until daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to take some food, saying, 'Today is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued without food, having taken nothing. ³⁴Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is for your survival; for not a hair from the head of any of you will be lost .' ³⁵Having said these things, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and having broken it, he began to eat. ³⁶Then they all were encouraged and took some food themselves. ³⁷In all, there were two hundred and seventy-six of us on the ship. ³⁸When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea. ³⁹When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a sandy beach, onto which they decided to run the ship aground if they could. ⁴⁰So casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes of the rudders. And hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach. ⁴¹But striking a place where two seas meet, they ran the vessel aground. The bow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence . ⁴²The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape. ⁴³But the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, stopped them from their intention, and commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, ⁴⁴and the rest to follow, some on planks, and some on parts of the ship. And so it happened that everyone was brought safely through to land.

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4/11/2026

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