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Acts 27

Paul sails for Italy under a centurion with other prisoners. After difficult travel he warns against continuing, but the ship departs and is caught in a violent Euroclydon storm. With hope disappearing, Paul reports an angelic message that he must stand before Caesar and that God has granted him all who sail with him. Paul urges everyone to take food, prevents sailors from abandoning ship, and says all 276 lives will be saved. The vessel wrecks on Malta, but everyone reaches land safely.

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Verses 1–12Paul sails toward Rome and warns that the voyage will be dangerous Verses 13–26A violent storm strikes, and Paul assures everyone that God will preserve their lives Verses 27–38The sailors approach land, and Paul urges everyone to eat and take courage Verses 39–44The ship breaks apart, but all reach shore safely

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1And when it was determined that we should sail into…2And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning…3And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius…4And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under…5And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia…6And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing…7And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce…8And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is…9Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was…10And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage…11Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of…12And because the haven was not commodious to winter in,…13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they…14But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous…15And when the ship was caught, and could not bear…16And running under a certain island which is called Clauda,…17Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding…18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next…19And the third day we cast out with our own…20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared,…21But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst…22And now I exhort you to be of good cheer:…23For there stood by me this night the angel of…24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar:…25Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God,…26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were…28And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they…29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they…30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of…31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except…32Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat,…33And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them…34Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this…35And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and…36Then were they all of good cheer, and they also…37And we were in all in the ship two hundred…38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship,…39And when it was day, they knew not the land:…40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed…41And falling into a place where two seas met, they…42And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest…43But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from…44And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken…