Book of Common Prayer
27 On the fourteenth night we were being carried across the sea of Adria when, around the middle of the night, the sailors reckoned that we were getting near some land. 28 They took soundings and found twenty fathoms; then, a little bit further, they took soundings again and found fifteen fathoms. 29 They were afraid that we might crash into a rocky place, so they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come. 30 The sailors wanted to escape from the ship, and let down the boat into the sea under the pretense of going to put out anchors from the bow. 31 But Paul spoke to the centurion and the soldiers.
“If these men don’t stay in the ship,” he said, “there is no chance of safety.”
32 Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the boat, and let it fall away.
Shipwreck
33 When it was nearly daytime, Paul urged all of them to eat something.
“It’s now all of fourteen days,” he said, “that you’ve been hanging on without food, not eating a thing. 34 So let me encourage you to have something to eat. This will help you get rescued. No hair of any of your heads will be lost.”
35 So saying, he took some bread, gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke the bread and ate it. 36 Then all of them cheered up and took some food. 37 The whole company on board was two hundred and seventy-six. 38 When we had eaten enough food, they threw the grain overboard to lighten the ship.
39 When day came, they didn’t recognize the land. It appeared to have a bay with a sandy shore, and that was where they hoped, if possible, to beach the ship. 40 They let the anchors drop away into the sea, and at the same time slackened the ropes on the rudders, hoisted the foresail, and headed for the beach. 41 But they crashed into a reef and ran the ship aground. The prow stuck fast and wouldn’t budge, while the strong waves were smashing the stern to bits. 42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so that none of them would swim away and escape. 43 But the centurion wanted to rescue Paul, and refused permission for them to carry out their intention. Instead, he ordered all who were able to swim to leap overboard first and head for land, 44 while the rest were to come after, some on boards and some on bits and pieces of the ship. And so everyone ended up safely on land.
The Last Supper
12 On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lambs were sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples said to him, “Where would you like us to go and get things ready for you to eat the Passover?”
13 He sent off two of his disciples, with these instructions.
“Go into the city, and you will be met by a man carrying a water-pot. Follow him. 14 When he goes indoors, say to the master of the house, ‘The teacher says, where is the guest room for me, where I can eat the Passover with my disciples?’ 15 He will show you a large upstairs room, set out and ready. Make preparations for us there.”
16 The disciples went out, entered the city, and found it exactly as he had said. They prepared the Passover.
17 When it was evening, Jesus came with the Twelve. 18 As they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “I’m telling you the truth: one of you is going to betray me—one of you that’s eating with me.”
19 They began to be very upset, and they said to him, one after another, “It isn’t me, is it?”
20 “It’s one of the Twelve,” said Jesus, “one who has dipped his bread in the dish with me. 21 Yes: the son of man is completing his journey, as scripture said he would; but it’s bad news for the man who betrays him! It would have been better for that man never to have been born.”
22 While they were eating, he took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them.
“Take it,” he said. “This is my body.”
23 Then he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
24 “This is my blood of the covenant,” he said, “which is poured out for many. 25 I’m telling you the truth: I won’t ever drink from the fruit of the vine again, until that day—the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
Jesus is arrested
26 They sang a hymn, and went out to the Mount of Olives.
Scripture quotations from The New Testament for Everyone are copyright © Nicholas Thomas Wright 2011, 2018, 2019.