When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they handed over
Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Cohort Augusta
called Julius. When we had embarked upon a ship of Adramyttium, which
was bound for the ports along the coast of Asia Minor, we set sail,
and Aristarchus, a Macedoni... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)... [ Continue Reading ]
Since a considerable time had elapsed and since it was now no longer
safe for sailing because the Fast was already past, Paul offered his
advice. "Gentlemen," he said, "I see that this voyage is going to be
fraught with injury and much loss not only to the cargo and to the
ship but also to our own l... [ Continue Reading ]
Since they had been without food for a long time Paul stood up in the
midst of them and said, "Gentlemen, you should have obeyed me and you
should not have sailed from Crete and so you would have avoided this
injury and loss. So now I advise you to keep your hearts up. There
will be no loss of life... [ Continue Reading ]
When the fourteenth night came and we were drifting across in the
Adriatic, in the middle of the night the sailors suspected that some
land was approaching them. They took a sounding and found twenty
fathoms. Since they were afraid that they would be cast up on rough
places they cast four anchors ou... [ Continue Reading ]
When day came they did not recognize the land; but they saw a bay with
a beach, on which they purposed, if it was possible, to run the ship
ashore. They loosed the anchors and let them go into the sea and at
the same time they loosed the lashings of the rudder paddles, and they
set the foresail to t... [ Continue Reading ]