Acts 27:2-20

New International Version

² We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia,^(A) and we put out to sea. Aristarchus,^(B) a Macedonian^(C) from Thessalonica,^(D) was with us.

³ The next day we landed at Sidon;^(E) and Julius, in kindness to Paul,^(F) allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs.^{(G) 4} From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.^{(H) 5} When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia^(I) and Pamphylia,^(J) we landed at Myra in Lycia. ⁶ There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship^(K) sailing for Italy^(L) and put us on board. ⁷ We made slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. When the wind did not allow us to hold our course,^(M) we sailed to the lee of Crete,^(N) opposite Salmone. ⁸ We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

⁹ Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Day of Atonement.^[a](O) So Paul warned them, ¹⁰ “Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also.”^{(P) 11} But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship. ¹² Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided that we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there. This was a harbor in Crete,^(Q) facing both southwest and northwest.

The Storm

¹³ When a gentle south wind began to blow, they saw their opportunity; so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete. ¹⁴ Before very long, a wind of hurricane force,^(R) called the Northeaster, swept down from the island. ¹⁵ The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along. ¹⁶ As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat^(S) secure, ¹⁷ so the men hoisted it aboard. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Because they were afraid they would run aground^(T) on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor^[b] and let the ship be driven along. ¹⁸ We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.^{(U) 19} 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 the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.