English Bible Presentation Sharing - Acts Book, chapter 27, verse 1 in Ylt Version

Acts 27 : 1 (YLT)

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,

Acts 27 : 2 (YLT)

and having embarked in a ship of Adramyttium, we, being about to sail by the coasts of Asia, did set sail, there being with us Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica,

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on the next *day also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, did permit him , having gone on unto friends, to receive their care.

Acts 27 : 4 (YLT)

And thence, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary,

Acts 27 : 5 (YLT)

and having sailed over the sea over-against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,

Acts 27 : 6 (YLT)

and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, did put us into it,

Acts 27 : 7 (YLT)

and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone,

Acts 27 : 8 (YLT)

and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called `Fair Havens,` nigh to which was the city *of Lasaea.

Acts 27 : 9 (YLT)

And much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous -- because of the fast also being already past -- Paul was admonishing,

Acts 27 : 10 (YLT)

saying to them, `Men, I perceive that with hurt, and much damage, not only of the lading and of the ship, but also of our lives -- the voyage is about to be;`

Acts 27 : 11 (YLT)

but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul;

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and the haven being incommodious to winter in, the more part gave counsel to sail thence also, if by any means they might be able, having attained to Phenice, *there to winter, which is a haven of Crete, looking to the south-west and north-west,

Acts 27 : 13 (YLT)

and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained *their purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,

Acts 27 : 14 (YLT)

and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,

Acts 27 : 15 (YLT)

and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given *her up, we were borne on,

Acts 27 : 16 (YLT)

and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

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which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast -- so were borne on.

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And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding *day they were making a clearing,

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and on the third *day with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,

Acts 27 : 20 (YLT)

and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

Acts 27 : 21 (YLT)

And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, `It behoved *you , indeed, O men -- having hearkened to me -- not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;

Acts 27 : 22 (YLT)

and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you -- but of the ship;

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for there stood by me this night a messenger of God -- whose I am, and whom I serve --

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saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;

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wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me,

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and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.`

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And when the fourteenth night came -- we being borne up and down in the Adria -- toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;

Acts 27 : 28 (YLT)

and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,

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and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

Acts 27 : 30 (YLT)

And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as *if out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,

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Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, `If these do not remain in the ship -- ye are not able to be saved;`

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then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.

Acts 27 : 33 (YLT)

And till the day was about to be, Paul was calling upon all to partake of nourishment, saying, `Fourteen days to-day, waiting, ye continue fasting, having taken nothing,

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wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;`

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and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken *it , he began to eat;

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and all having become of good cheer, themselves also took food,

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(and we were -- all the souls in the ship -- two hundred, seventy and six),

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and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.

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And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain creek were perceiving having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship,

Acts 27 : 40 (YLT)

and the anchors having taken up, they were committing *it to the sea, at the same time -- having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the wind -- they were making for the shore,

Acts 27 : 41 (YLT)

and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the fore-part, indeed, having stuck fast, did remain immoveable, but the hinder-part was broken by the violence of the waves.

Acts 27 : 42 (YLT)

And the soldiers` counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,

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but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first -- to get unto the land,

Acts 27 : 44 (YLT)

and the rest, some indeed upon boards, and some upon certain things of the ship; and thus it came to pass that all came safe unto the land.