Acts 27:9-20

New American Standard Bible

⁹ When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even ^(A)the ^[a]fast was already over, Paul started admonishing them, ¹⁰ saying to them, “Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with ^(B)damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.” ¹¹ But the centurion was more persuaded by the ^(C)pilot and the ^[b]captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. ¹² The harbor was not suitable for wintering, so the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of ^(D)Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

^13 [c]When a moderate south wind came up, thinking that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began ^(E)sailing along ^(F)Crete, closer to shore.

Shipwreck

¹⁴ But before very long a violent wind, called ^[d]Euraquilo, ^(G)rushed down from ^[e]the land; ¹⁵ and when the ship was caught in it and could not head up into the wind, we gave up and let ourselves be driven by the wind. ¹⁶ Running under the shelter of a small island called Cauda, we were able to get the ship’s ^[f]boat under control only with difficulty. ¹⁷ After they had hoisted it up, they used ^[g]supporting cables in undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might ^(H)run aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they let down the ^[h]sea anchor and let themselves be driven along in this way. ¹⁸ The next day as we were being violently tossed by the storm, ^[i]they began to ^(I)jettison the cargo; ¹⁹ and on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. ²⁰ Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was slowly abandoned.