²⁴ And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but ^(A)he was asleep.

²³ and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on ^(A)the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger.

³⁷ And a great windstorm arose, and the waves ^(A)were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. ³⁸ But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”

⁴ But ^(A)the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened ^(B)to break up. ⁵ Then the mariners were afraid, and ^(C)each cried out to his god. And ^(D)they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.

¹⁴ But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, ^(A)struck down from the land. ¹⁵ And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. ¹⁶ Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda,^[a] we managed with difficulty to secure the ship's boat. ¹⁷ After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would ^(B)run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear,^[b] and thus they were driven along. ¹⁸ Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day ^(C)to jettison the cargo. ¹⁹ And on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands. ²⁰ When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.

²¹ Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, ^(D)you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this ^(E)injury and loss. ²² Yet now I urge you to ^(F)take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. ²³ For this very night ^(G)there ^(H)stood before me ^(I)an angel of the God ^(J)to whom I belong and ^(K)whom I worship, ²⁴ and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; ^(L)you must stand before Caesar. And behold, ^(M)God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ ²⁵ So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told. ²⁶ But ^(N)we must ^(O)run aground on some island.”

²⁷ When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. ²⁸ So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms.^[c] A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.^{[d] 29} And fearing that we might ^(P)run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come. ³⁰ And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, and had lowered ^(Q)the ship's boat into the sea under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow, ³¹ Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.” ³² Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it go.

³³ As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and without food, having taken nothing. ³⁴ Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength,^[e] for ^(R)not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.” ³⁵ And when he had said these things, he took bread, and ^(S)giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat. ³⁶ Then they all ^(T)were encouraged and ate some food themselves. ³⁷ (We were in all 276^{[f] (U)}persons in the ship.) ³⁸ And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, ^(V)throwing out the wheat into the sea.

²⁵ Three times I was ^(A)beaten with rods. ^(B)Once I was stoned. Three times I ^(C)was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; ²⁶ on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, ^(D)danger from my own people, ^(E)danger from Gentiles, ^(F)danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;

¹⁷ got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. ¹⁸ The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing.

¹⁵ and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”