Acts of the Apostles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1172

should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul, as well as some other prisoners, to a. Captain named julius, of the Augustan regiment. And embarking in an Adramyttium vessel, which was about to sail to some ports along the coast of Asia-Minor, we weighed anchor, taking with us Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica. We accordingly arrived at Sidon upon the following day, when julius, treating Paul with much consideration, granted him permission to visit his friends to enjoy their attentions. Proceeding then from there, we

sailed, on account of the adverse winds, under the lee of Cyprus. And steering across the open sea towards Cilicia and Pamphylia, we arrived at Myra of Lycia, where the Captain found an Alexandrian vessel sailing for Italy; and to her he transferred us. For several days, however, we made but little progress, and with didiculty fetching Cnidus, the wind not favouring us, we tackedunder the lee of Crete, towards Salmone; and, coasting along it with dimculty, we came to a port called the Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea. After considerable delay there, and

the voyage having become dangerous, Paul, owing to the fact that the time of the festival was already past, said Men, I perceive that the voyage is likely to be attended with disaster, and considerable loss, not only of the cargo of the vessel, but also to our lives} The Captain, however, paid more

attention to the pilot and the com- mander of the ship than he did to what was said by Paul. As, more- over, the harbour was not comnzodions enough for wintering purposes, the ofiicers, having held a consultation, decided to sail from there; so that, for wintering, they might attempt at all hazards to reach Phenicé, a har- bour of Crete, facing towards the north-west of Libia. Elie Sturm mth Sljiplnrzazla. Under the impression, then, that

they could accomplish their object, as the south wind was blowing gently, they coasted Crete, hugging the shore. Not long after, however, the north- east breaker. The vessel being thus caught, and unable to face the wind, we gave way, and scudded. Running then under the shelter of an island called Clauda, we were able to secure the boat with some difficulty; and when they had hoisted it, they proceeded to strengthen the ship by vam—braces. Afraid, also, that they would be caught in the Syrtis,1 lower- ing the top—masts, they thus drifted along. And battling as they were with the storm, they began on the following day to throw the cargo overboard; and on the third day, with their own hands, they threw out the furniture from the ship. Then when neither sun nor stars were to be seen for several days, and the storm still raged around with fury, we abandoned all hope of being saved. Being also upon the verge of starvation, Paul, taking his stand among them, said : ‘ You ought, men, to have been per-

suaded by me, and not to have sailed from Crete, to incur this damage and misery. Still, on the other hand, I even now advise you to take courage: for there will be no loss of life among you, but merely of the ship; because an angel from that God, Whose I am, and Whom I serve, this very night stood beside me, saying, ‘ Do not be afraid, Paul I It is necessary for you to appear before the Emperor; yes, and God has presented to you all those who sail with you} Therefore, mates, cheer up! because I believe God, that the result will be just as He has told me. It is necessary for us, however, to be wrecked upon some island. 16 18 20 21 22 26

About midnight of the fourteenth 27 night, during which we had been tossed about in the Adria, the sailors imagined that they were approaching land of some kind ; and sounding, they found a depth of twenty fathoms. And sounding again a little later, they found fifteen fathoms. Afraid, then, that we should be stranded upon rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern, and longed for day-break. Then, as the sailors were intending to forsake the ship, and were in the act of lowering the boat into the sea, under the pretence of carrying anchors from the prow, Paul said to the Cap- Unless 1 A dangerous range cg guicksauds °“ak€“ by a *YPh°°¤ l ·mp¤u,m norm Ama.-F. F. 1172 28 oil